Today I was visiting one of the elementary schools during lunch and a little girl came up to me and asked me if I was the new doctor. It was funny. Nope, I'm just a dietetic intern.
I'm really enjoying interning at this school district. The nutrition department is really really good. I have been going around from school to shining school in the district looking at budget, menus, kitchen setup, staffing, wellness programs, employee safety, adherence to policies and procedures, government policy, and reimbursement issues; however, I have spent the most time writing up employees and hearing different people's stories of different problems. It is interesting--in school we didn't really talk much about conflict resolution, yet that consumes over 50% of the supervisors' time.
One thing that was hard was the day kids found out they would not receive a free meal because their parent did not re-apply. The meal would be taken away from the child and replaced with toast and milk for breakfast, or a peanut butter sandwich and milk for lunch. Some kids started crying because they didn't understand what was happening--why was their meal being taken away? It was sad.
Anyway I am learning a lot at this rotation, and they told me to come back when I finish my internship. We'll see about that. I started learning Spanish. I have found that I already know much of the basics.
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This rotation sounds quite interesting. Cameron always seems to get a good meal and lots of veggies at school, which is better than what I had growing up.
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