 SUMMER TRAINING REPORT
Do I need to say how difficult life as a student is? We always have work to do. From
elementary school to university, imagine how much homework you've done, how many pages
you've read, how many exams you've had, how many lines you've written. Then, try to
remember how many hours of sleep you've lost, how many times you've missed going out with
your friends or watching your favorite TV program to do some nonsensical piece of
homework. But, we all got used to it. We gave up time with friends and favorite activities
without questioning. It's a daily part of our prisoner-student lives.
What made me think about
all this? I had to spend last weekend writing my summer training report. Most students who
do summer internships related to their field of study and their future careers have to
write such reports at this time of the semester. My report had to be only 10 pages, so
compared to students in some other departments, I was lucky. But somehow, I couldn't write
enough about my one-month summer practice to fill even 10 pages. In fact, it would be
possible to say everything in a single sentence: "I wrote some news articles, I
translated some reports into Turkish, and I learned a program called FreeHand."
However, this does leave
out some things, as did my formal report. My summer internship was more than practical
experience in my field--it was also experience in life. Until this summer, all of my
friends had been young people living with their families. Wasn't getting to know
independent older friends, and being exposed to office gossip, jokes and jealousies also a
kind of experience?
I could have written a
better report by starting out like this: "The first day I was really excited. I met a
lot of people, talked with them about the media industry and told them about my future
plans. I learned where the kitchen and the restroom were. I saw the expression my boss got
on his face when he saw something wrong in the office. To escape boredom, I also spent a
lot of time surfing the Internet." This would have been more interesting for me to
write, and also more interesting for the instructor to read.
However, I know that life
isn't fun all the time. I am quite aware that we have to sacrifice something for our
future good. And I know this isn't true just during our student years--all our lives we
will have to sacrifice something to gain something else. Till next week, farewell…
Gülay Acar (COMD/III)
howtoreachgulay@yahoo.com
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