Advocacy

I've advocated for myself many times while here. While I ask the staff for help on certain things, I try to complete everything on my own without any help. It may seem simple, but I found the copy machine difficult to work with when it came to complex copies. Instead of asking for help, I just did trial and error and figured out how to work it on my own. The only time that teachers talk to me about what I should do is the first time I talk to them about tutoring certain students. I speak to my mentor when I desperately need to find something to do, but for the most part I only speak to him in the mornings and randomly throughout the day. I seek out work from teachers on my own, asking if I can grade anything, type anything for them, and the like. I like to think that I am very self-advocating because I get all of my work done by myself and basically assign myself work instead of having a solidified assignment each day. I feel much more comfortable being flexible with what I'm supposed to do, choosing what I'd like to work with on my own accord, which makes me feel much more like a staff member, rather than just an intern.