Just a few short months ago, Washington was a place I knew filled with politicians, think tanks and monuments. Now, when I talk about DC, I think of mentors, friends and memories.
Hi everyone! I’m on the plane now heading back home, and I would say that the highlights of the trip for me would be:
With the awesome internship experience drawing to a close, I thought it would be fitting to describe what it’s like behind the scenes of a typical week here in DC. I know I’ve found myself asking how on earth we manage to balance 4 days of work, 3 units of study and still find time to chill together as the tight knit group we are!
WAKE UP! The sun was barely out when we finally began boarding the bus. We resembled a line of zombies, with arms draped over knees, eyes half opened and feet being dragged along the ground. But a coffee and three hours later, the bus doors could no longer contain our excitement as we flooded out into the chilly, yet welcoming air of Philadelphia for the first time. It was different, as is every state in America.
Hello USyd Students,
The final countdown is on. Not long to go until we all head back to Sydney to start the semester. It's week 8 now in UCDC and we have two more weeks to go until we say our sad goodbyes to my loved colleagues, missed room mates and this great nation that has been so welcoming for the past three months.
We’re six weeks in and sadly starting to round the bend towards the finish line. However as we draw closer to the end the workload is slowly increasing both in class and at our internships. Having focused on the more social side of things last post, this week I thought I’d tell everyone a bit about what I’ve been getting up to in Washington in terms of work and class.
This building below is the Washington DC Council, where Trevor and I are working at the moment. It’s like local government and state government combined into one. What they do is basically review what is happening in the city and look to improve things, either by changing legislation (The DC Code) or by encouraging other government agencies to effect change.
Usually I'll be researching what the public thinks of certain government policies, what is happening in the private sector, and what other jurisdictions are doing, even Australia sometimes.
