Patrick Franzinelli

­­­­ Summer Camp Assistant A lot of young adults have a lot of spare time during the summer. If you don’t know what to do during the hot months of July and August, this job might be right for you. The Brunecker Summer Camp was established to offer an entertainment opportunity for children. There are kids aged from 5 to 14 years old and from many different backgrounds. There are various tasks you can have within the summer camp. Entertaining and feeding 150 children is a challenge. Therefore, this job is very versatile; each new day surprises you with a new task. The head of the camp is Sarah . She is a nice, young and approachable women. She can be your best friend and worst enemy at the same time. She decides which tasks you will be doing during each week. If you are assigned to a group of children, it is probably going to be with the same group for the whole week. This gives you the possibility to bond with your fosterlings. The main roles an assistant ar...

For my first reading I chose Mike Brown's "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming." I chose it because I am interested in astronomy. You might remember from my first post that I used to be in my school's astronomy club. In addition I am taking an Astronomy class for my General Education this semester. As I told my former physics teacher and mentor I would take the subject, he instantly said that I should try to attend Mike Brown lectures. He must have thought that it was possible to attend lectures at another university if they were in the same city. I had to explain him that it is not as easy to do that. I already started to read the book and I like it so far. He illustrates very well how his passion for the planets was born. I was interested in the sky, but I never had such an experience which pushed me into astronomy. Nevertheless, I can relate every time he describes the sky. I am standing next to our 10" telescope while we were taking calibration ...

Who I Am Matters  I am coming from a little town in the Italian alps called Brunico. This town is located in a region of Italy called South Tyrol. This region has something special to it which clearly influenced my life. It lies on the border between Italy and Austria, and less than a century ago it still used to be Austria. There has been a clash between the Italian culture and the German one, especially during the times of fascism. The results of this conflict can still be seen today. I was lucky enough to get to know both sides of the issue. My mother was born into the German culture and my dad was born into the Italian one. Therefore, I can speak either language, a luxury which not everybody enjoys where I live. At the moment I am on a journey with no objective. I have no idea where I am going to be in 5 years. For now, I am completely open to where I am going to work and live. The only thing I know is that eventually I want to go back where I came from. There is no other pla...