I began my search for two
professionals in another part of the world on Monday morning. I first chose the
two people, from the list given, that I wanted to build a relationship with and
communicate on a daily basis with. However, the first two people I emailed, the
email address was incorrect and the emails sent where returned back to me. I
then chose another professional and that too was returned to me. I was becoming
very discouraged because I was not having any success in reaching any
professional I was emailing. I then emailed two more professionals and have yet
to hear from them. After not hearing back from anyone, I them looked up a group
that I could come in contact with. I finally heard back from one group, The
National Early Childhood Development Alliance located in South Africa. However, I am still trying to get in contact
with a second professional at this time. I do not feel I am going to have to
use the alternate route for Part 1. I am going to continue to look and find my
second professional.
I chose The National Early
Childhood Development Alliance because I am interested in the Education in
Africa, so that was one thing I look at when choosing one of my professionals.
I have always had an interest in visiting or teaching abroad in Africa when I
was in college so that is why I went with this group located in South Africa.
The website I am
interested in learning more about is Zero To Three: National Center for
Infants, Toddlers, and Families. I chose this site because I love working with
young children and their families. I am interested in learning more about their
behavior, development, care, education, and maltreatment. This site sparked an
interest in me so I chose to use this for our assignment.
Tips: I found this assignment
to be challenging and I was becoming discouraged and questioning what I was
doing, so my tip to others would be to never give up and even when things
become hard or challenging take a step back to evaluate everything you are
doing and come back to your work after you took a break. I worked on this
assignment every day and I still do not feel like I have fully completed this
assignment.
Question: Did anyone have
an success in finding two professionals and if so can someone recommend another
person/ organization to me with an email address that works?
Thank you for any help or
tips you can give me.
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post. I, too, have had difficulties getting any responses this week. I appreciate the advice to not give up. I also chose to learn more about the Zero To Three site. Good luck!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice to never give up Victoria because I was a little discouraged as well:( Hopefully next week I will have better luck in getting in contact with one of the professionals. It is wonderful that you are looking forward to gain knowledge about Africa. I hope your experience goes smoothly and i'll be looking forward to reading the knowledge you have gained from the organizations that you have chose.
Latasha
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your feelings of discouragement. I had several emails returned to me as well. It must have been a good feeling to hear back from one of them though. I am patiently waiting to hear back. Your tip is definitely one I will keep in mind. Thanks for sharing. I'm very interested in the organization you chose. Hope you learn a lot of insightful things from this group.
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteIt is great that you were able to make contact with someone. I have also been discouraged during the process but I will not give up! Thanks for your tip. Hopefully we can fully complete the assignment soon.