This week those of us in the business program here have been sent to different organizations and businesses to observe and help with some of their programs. My group was sent to Vava'u High School to prepare students for an internship program. The first 2 days we had to prepare them for the interviews with the businesses and the 2nd 2 days is training to help them when they are at their sites. Sounds easy enough....but not here. Most of these kids have no work or interview experience. They won't speak up in class. Ask them why they want to have an internship and they may or may not answer and it may or may not be a one-word answer. Maybe all high school kids are like that. There is a high premium on being humble and modest here. That's great, except when trying to sell yourself in an interview.
Luckily, after 2 days of working with the students I did notice a marked improvement in a few of the students, particularly one of the boys that 2 of the organizations want to hire. So, it has been frustrating, but I guess we are encouraging some improvement. Perhaps it was worth it?
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