Intern Blog Postings

Week 9: An August Company

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Caleb L. Heath

I am a teacher.

I had been saying that I would soon be a teacher, that I wasn't actually a teacher yet but would be starting at my first position in a few weeks. My colleagues at the PTRA Summer Institute have forced me to banish the future tense.

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Week 9: Starting to wrap things up!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Mark Sellers

Like the previous weekends, I took things pretty slow. With all of the outreach events we'd done, I definitely needed some time to sleep in and catch up with friends and family, do laundry, get groceries, play Counter-Strike, etc etc.

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Week 9: The Final Presentations

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Benjamin Perez

Our final presentations are tomorrow and it has been a hectic week. At work, Arvind came back from Italy and we are putting the finishing touches on my PowerPoint.

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Week 9: Not Wasting Time

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Ashley Finger

The end of Week 8 was just as busy as the start.

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Week 9: Loose Ends

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Kirsten Randle

Monday, we got to spend the day exploring the Federal government. First thing in the morning, we went on a tour of the Pentagon.

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Week 9: The Capitol, Pentagon, and Presentations!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Simon Patane

I can't believe I'm on my last few days here in D.C.! This past week has been absolutely great, with tours of the Capitol and the Pentagon as well as our final presentations this past Friday.

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Week 8: Tours, Presentations, and Work galore!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Benjamin Preis

This was quite a week! Monday began early: a 7:15am arrival to the Pentagon, for our 8am tour. Since our group was so large, we had a tour guide all to ourselves. He was very impressive, and inspired me to walk backwards on all tours that I now give.

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Week 9: The Final Countdown (na na na na)

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Jacob Zalkind

The Final Countdown (na na na na)

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Week 8: Last Week of Teacher Institute and NASA

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Kearns Louis-Jean

I have mixed emotions about this week. It has been a very fun-filled week. It has also been a sad week because it was the last week of the middle school science teachers summer institute. I have developed a strong relationship with the teachers and I am sad to see them go.

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Week 8: A packed week

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

Looking back, I'm always amazed how much we manage to pack into each week. Last Tuesday, I ended up at Bill Nye's "The Lure of Europa" event; a talk he was giving at the Rayburn house office building, courtesy of the Planetary Society.

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