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IMPRESSIVE INTERNS

I have to say that this year’s crop of interns at work is an impressive bunch. I am intrigued by their life stories, inspired by their ambitions, and intimidated by their resumes. Among these 18 to 21-year olds who are spending some of their summer with us are those who are working four jobs, waking up at 4:00 in the morning for football practice, running student government, and starting new businesses. They are proficient with technology, since things like Facebook and iPods are natural extensions of their day-to-day life. They are cosmopolitan, having worked and traveled overseas and being proficient in multiple languages.

Most of all, they are busy bees. They’ve been through orientation here at work, which I liken to drinking from a firehose, and they haven’t blinked. The fact that we do so much in our organization and expect so much from them as interns has not fazed them; if anything, they welcome the challenge, for to settle into a pace any slower than what they are accustomed to would be, well, boring. I must say, I’m not easily impressed, but I am not only impressed but wowed by the caliber of our interns this year. Lucky for us.