WBL internship: Montrose fire department
The Colorado Department of Education defines "Professional" using the following descriptors:
time & work management
career literacy
grit and resilience
work ethic; dependable and reliable
my personal definition:
In my opinion, professionalism isn't just the time and dedication. Its also the effort, and dedication. When working on something you want to dedicate your life to, you have to show passion in it and having passion is very important in any career.
In my future I am wanting be a hard working, passionate, strong, helping worker. I am wanting to be a pilot but taking this internship helped me figure out what the fire department life really is. I am going to be a hard worker no matter which pathway i take, as i will help the community either way. After i graduate from Montrose high school in 2026 i plan to extend my learning education at CMU for aviation. As I have already started my pre recs for aviation. i am super exited to be extending my learning education at CMU for aviation.
As i am a current junior at Montrose high school, i also have a job at the rec center in Montrose for the youth sports, i ref little kids all the way up to 7&8th graders.
When i finish my junior year i have a new full time summer job, as i will work as a maintance person for Conerstone golf course. During the job at the rec center i have learned a lot about communication with others, i am trying to get stronger with talking to people as i used to be a vey shy person, this has helped me get out and talk to people i don't know even if i don't want to.
One big goal that I set for myself would be getting out and talking to people a more often. Being able to not be shy is a very big goal for me. When being a pilot im going to need to talk a lot of people so being able to get through the shy phase is important to me.
Another goal would be getting work done a lot faster and on time. Now i already do this pretty good however, i'm wanting to get better and not do everything the last second. I get things done on time but i do it all at the last second.
Another goal that I would sent for myself would be to get better grades the last few weeks of my junior year and my whole senior year. I have been working hard on keeping my grades up and i want to have a 3.0 gpa or higher. The reason for this is for it to look good on my applications and so i can apply for scholarships for my aviation. i have dedicated my life to school for the next 4 more years to be a pilot.