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Intership

Intership I have now come to the conclusion of my internship at END DWI (End Driving While Intoxicated). Our organizations mission is to reduce, if not end, the number of deaths and tragedies that are caused by the carelessness of drunk driving. The amount of people killed every year by drunk driving is astonishing. Picture this, you could fill every seat at Madison Square Garden with people killed by drunk driving. END DWI is committed to limiting this senseless tragedy and has done an excellent job in many factors relating to this subject. Florence Nass, Founder/Director of END DWI and also my supervisor, played a key role in changing the New Jersey drinking age from 18 to 21 years old. She also does a lot of work on legislation for stiffer laws regarding penalties to deter drunk driving. Along with legislation for Victim's Rights, which get thrown by the wayside because people who have killed or maimed because of their carelessness used to have more rights than the victims themselves. It used to be a common defense tactic to have the victims' family removed from the courtroom because it would sway the jury's decision. Now victims have every right to be in the courtroom and may even show to the jury either a picture or video tape of the victim to show how precious this person was and that he or she is not just a name on a piece of paper. END DWI is committed to providing services to victims. We have a Hot Line for victims. We offer counseling to anyone in need. We also do court accompaniment with the victims and when the judge and jury see the presence of END DWI in the corner of the victim they are not very lenient to the defendant. Another thing we do is to educate. We have a variety of different speakers who go to local middle schools, high schools, and colleges all over Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic Counties. For example, we have an excellent speaker name Steve Benvenisti, Esq. who was very badly injured by a drunk driver when he was in law school and he had spent three years in the hospital learning to walk, talk, and basically how to function as a human being all over again. He had undergone 15 surgeries over that time frame and now practices as a personal injury lawyer for DWI cases. He is a very dynamic speaker and his message is clear and simple, "if you drink, do not get behind the wheel of a car and if you see someone else who is incapable of driving because they are drunk, do what you can within reason to make sure they get home safely." I have been to many schools, including Berkeley College, where we have done our presentation and the audience reaction is the same every time. They really do respond to it. My involvement in this organization is very roughly defined, but I will do my best to be as objective as possible. My formal title is "Assistant Victim Assistance Counselor," which means nothing. I really do nothing directly to help victims. I do a lot indirectly behind the scenes. My daily responsibilities are to check the voice mail messages, e-mails, get the mail from the post office, record any membership fees or donations, write thank you letters, and basically do any office task assigned to me. Some projects that I have worked on were the Tree Planting Ceremony, which I spoke about in my journal. It was a ceremony and dedication of a Tree Grove that was put there for the victims families as a place of comfort, solace and to serve as a memorial and living testimony of the tragedies caused by drunk driving. We are now currently starting the Law Enforcement Dinner where we honor a particular officer from each police department in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties. We also did several mailings of up to 2000 people each time. The tasks I was given each day I found very easy and I really was not challenged much. When asked to do something I was really never stuck or was put in a position where I had to learn something. In that sense, I resent this job. This was supposed to be an "invaluable experience" for me when in actuality, it was like any other job I've ever had. It is a good thing I was not looking for full-time employment and that I am continuing my education because if this is what is out there I would be in a lot of trouble. (That is a personal feeling.) You asked us to describe a problem and how I handled. I would say my biggest problem that I had, besides the fact that I hated my supervisor and loathed coming to work everyday, was the time that I was pulled over by a police officer (I explained this in my journal) and harassed for driving while suspended. This little mix up by the IDIOTS at DMV cost me a days wages and put my in bad standing with my boss. I work for an anti-drunk driving organization how do think it looks to my boss getting pulled over and arrested on my way to work because some moron at DMV suspended my license accidentally. Luckily, after thoroughly explaining myself, the officer helped me out and felt bad for me and drove me to work. I had to take off the rest of the day to resolve the matter and to avoid missing any more work due to the lack of a car. I thought I handled that situation very well and to tell you the truth I don't think I could of handled it any better so I'm not even going to explain possible alternatives to solving that problem. In conclusion, this was one of the worst experiences I've ever encountered and frankly I am upset with Berkeley College and don't think they should have an association with this company anymore. It is not a conducive environment to learn in or get experience from. The supervisor is a crooked, two-faced, money-hungry woman, and I would never emulate her behavior. She is fighting for a just cause but the way she goes about it makes me sick. She completely misuses and takes advantage of her employees and I do not recommend sending anyone back here to work. I did not learn anything about the corporate world. There is no relationship of how business is done and if business is done the way I have seen from my experience from my supervisor (and I know that it isn't from past jobs) I am changing my major. Thank you Dr. Weinstein, I really have learned much from you. I am sorry I didn't have an opportunity to get practical use of it. My studies at Berkeley will help me along the road to success, I still have a long way to go. Bibliography:

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