Today my teenage daughter was asking me about doing an internship. I asked her what kind of internship she was interested in. Her answer was that she wanted to become a neurosurgeon so it had to be something in the medical field. As we talked about it further, I explained that internships are usually unpaid trainings for students as they study a particular field of work. I then suggested she research it some more, but that we could start her out by having her shadow my home health aide. After speaking to my aide, who thought it was a wonderful idea, they set up a schedule where my daughter would shadow her for two hours each day that she works as a way to train my daughter skills she will need. This time will be devoted to teaching her the basics of what it is to be a home health aide. From there they will work together to research and study more in the medical field.
What are your thoughts about homeschoolers doing internships? Please share your thoughts.
