So last Tuesday we went to the famous Abbey Theatre to see a play, 'The last days of a tyrant'. It was good, but long, so we left at intermission and didn't get back to Santry/Shanowen until eleven. Before, we got a tour of the theatre, which is ridiculously small. Then, they treated us to sandwiches and drinks (I only had orange juice.) They add sweetcorn to their tuna, by the way. I'm a fan of this little renovation.
Wednesday was class, which in my opinion should be an on-foot tour of historic Dublin. Alas.
Thursday night we all had drinks at The Comet, because Kevin, our teacher from SU was departing us because he was only here for the first two weeks to get us settled. (Our classes are taught by EUSA, Tom Kelley who has a PhD in Irish history and lives in Temple Bar.) It was bittersweet.
As for the internship... I do love it. Only thing I do not like is we are doing SPSS work (data entry) and "culling" old files and such-- which I am used to given my experience with SU Law School, but there are two other interns who were there before me. While they seem nice, they want to do things their way (understandable I guess), but I am more experienced and their way is WRONG. They make more work for us, and are not efficient. It annoys me because I think I have some skill in this area, at least comparatively. Plus, I didn't come all the way over here to do dreaded data entry. (Oh, that reminds me-- I finished 1970's. Did I already email that you to you Jed?)
But, we do assessments (psychological) for courts. Very interesting. We listen to audios and transcribe it into a written story. Then we analyze psych tests (there's a certain way of scoring them) and include that in the write up. I'll also be able to sit in on the an assessment (or many if I have a say!) On Wednesday I got to talk with Garrett, one of the psychologists at ABC who does the assessments. We (interns) talked with him for a while, which wa amazing. We got to pick his brain, hear INCREDIBLE (and highly confidential) stories, and see from his Irish point of view.
Onto adventures!
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