Half Hour Intern

Most of us have the luxury of being able to speak our primary language every minute of every day. If we choose to speak in a language other than our native tongue, it’s usually that, a choice. We may learn to say things like “Where is the restroom?” or “Nice to meet you”, but rarely are these phrases necessary. They’re usually learned to make conversations on vacation more easy, not with any real sense of urgency. However, children all over the world are immigrating to countries where they simply do not know the language. For economic or other reasons kids and teens find themselves in a new land, with no ability to speak the language. In these instances they MUST learn the language, and there is a very real sense of urgency. Today’s guest is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Phoenix, AZ. Holly teaches teens that are brand new to America, with no prior experience in speaking English. She’ll tell us about what it is like to try and teach students like this and how the classroom dynamics play out.

Most of us have the luxury of being able to speak our primary language every minute of every day. If we choose to speak in a language other than our native tongue, it’s usually that, a choice. We may learn to say things like “Where is the restroom?” or “Nice to meet you”, but rarely are these phrases necessary. They’re usually learned to make conversations on vacation more easy, not with any real sense of urgency. However, children all over the world are immigrating to countries where they simply do not know the language. For economic or other reasons kids and teens find themselves in a new land, with no ability to speak the language. In these instances they MUST learn the language, and there is a very real sense of urgency. Today’s guest is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Phoenix, AZ. Holly teaches teens that are brand new to America, with no prior experience in speaking English. She’ll tell us about what it is like to try and teach students like this and how the classroom dynamics play out.

It is an interesting time to be a member of law enforcement in America. There have been many events in the past two years that have drawn the ire and suspicion of the greater public regarding the people that are hired to serve and protect them. This is on the one hand good, as we should question everything all the time, and audit our government employees to make sure they are serving the purpose for which they were hired. This is on the other hand bad, as public sentiment and backlash fracture the country further. Worse, it can cause good law enforcement officers, who risk their lives to help make our cities safer, to feel ostracized and looked down upon. Today I interview one such officer, Matthew Barton, a sheriff from Yavapai county in Arizona. We’ll discuss what it’s like being a sheriff in today’s world.

It is an interesting time to be a member of law enforcement in America. There have been many events in the past two years that have drawn the ire and suspicion of the greater public regarding the people that are hired to serve and protect them. This is on the one hand good, as we should question everything all the time, and audit our government employees to make sure they are serving the purpose for which they were hired. This is on the other hand bad, as public sentiment and backlash fracture the country further. Worse, it can cause good law enforcement officers, who risk their lives to help make our cities safer, to feel ostracized and looked down upon. Today I interview one such officer, Matthew Barton, a sheriff from Yavapai county in Arizona. We’ll discuss what it’s like being a sheriff in today’s world.

Think about how different the world is from how it was 100 years ago. A century ago we barely had cars, paved roads, or phones. The world wasn’t connected by air travel, television, computers, or the internet. Revolutionary advancements make the modern world unrecognizable from the not so distant past. Yet there are certain places you can go where the impact of progress is less felt. If you were to enroll in a university and go to class a century ago things would flow in a very similar way to how they do today. The clothes and culture would stand out far more than the format of classes and education as a whole. Today’s guest, and the university he works for, is aiming to change that. Laurence works for Minerva University where the progress is the norm, the world is your classroom, and skill mastery is on the agenda. It’s time for revolutionary advancement to come to the world of education.

Think about how different the world is from how it was 100 years ago. A century ago we barely had cars, paved roads, or phones. The world wasn’t connected by air travel, television, computers, or the internet. Revolutionary advancements make the modern world unrecognizable from the not so distant past. Yet there are certain places you can go where the impact of progress is less felt. If you were to enroll in a university and go to class a century ago things would flow in a very similar way to how they do today. The clothes and culture would stand out far more than the format of classes and education as a whole. Today’s guest, and the university he works for, is aiming to change that. Laurence works for Minerva University where the progress is the norm, the world is your classroom, and skill mastery is on the agenda. It’s time for revolutionary advancement to come to the world of education.

Raise your hand if you like to travel. Everyone? I see. Now, raise your hand if you like to spend time with your boo thang. Everyone that has a boo thang (sans those who just got in an argument right before reading this)? Just as I suspected. We’ve interviewed for a lot of fun and desirable jobs on Half Hour Intern, but how about getting paid to travel with your boo? That’s gotta be the best job in the world…tied at the very least. Getting flown around, wined and dined, free stay here, free tour there, not too shabby. We all know that travel blogs exist and we’ve probably all wondered, “who the hell are these lucky people and why not me?!” Today we meet the lucky travel blogging couple of Roamaroo. They’ll explain how they got so lucky and what life is like on the other side of the rainbow.

Raise your hand if you like to travel. Everyone? I see. Now, raise your hand if you like to spend time with your boo thang. Everyone that has a boo thang (sans those who just got in an argument right before reading this)? Just as I suspected. We’ve interviewed for a lot of fun and desirable jobs on Half Hour Intern, but how about getting paid to travel with your boo? That’s gotta be the best job in the world…tied at the very least. Getting flown around, wined and dined, free stay here, free tour there, not too shabby. We all know that travel blogs exist and we’ve probably all wondered, “who the hell are these lucky people and why not me?!” Today we meet the lucky travel blogging couple of Roamaroo. They’ll explain how they got so lucky and what life is like on the other side of the rainbow.

Nothing brings people together quite like a good meal.  This makes today’s guest somewhat of an important person.  You could say that Emma is a food writer and that she comes up with amazing recipes for a living.  You could, in a more indirect way, say that Emma is a happiness dealer that knocks over the first domino en route to good times and lasting memories.  I mean, without people like Emma over the years we’d all probably just be eating the same damn thing every day, and there’d be nothing happy about that.  Today she tells us how she comes up with her wonderful recipes and gives us a behind the scenes look at the food writing world.

Nothing brings people together quite like a good meal.  This makes today’s guest somewhat of an important person.  You could say that Emma is a food writer and that she comes up with amazing recipes for a living.  You could, in a more indirect way, say that Emma is a happiness dealer that knocks over the first domino en route to good times and lasting memories.  I mean, without people like Emma over the years we’d all probably just be eating the same damn thing every day, and there’d be nothing happy about that.  Today she tells us how she comes up with her wonderful recipes and gives us a behind the scenes look at the food writing world.