Word: internality
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During my first day in the office, an intern who'd been around for a few months already pulled me aside and said, "you'll probably really like your job, but what really makes the experience worthwhile is the intern...Culture." Apparently, flocking from all over the country, the 200 interns in the program are anxious to mix and mingle with fellow aspiring politicians and often stretch their workdays into long nights of play, usually at a trendy area pub. On weekends, they clamor into tour buses to see the monuments and museums. Cliques form. You're either...
...roommate, who is the only intern at the place where she works, swore I'd be thrilled to have such constructive events. I couldn't think of anything worse. I'd gone to the Grille a few too many times, so the watering hole pickup scene was not too appealing. I'd grown up in Baltimore, so the monuments were the stuff of my junior high field trips. Excuses aside, I was afraid of this thing called Culture, doubting I'd fit the bill. I couldn't imagine having to pick out a skirt in the morning that was long...
...next day, I succumbed. First, my office became a microcosm of intern culture, with the three of us exchanging stories about college, moving to D.C. and future plans. Soon, we were going to lunch with some other interns across the hall. And on the way back from lunch, somehow bolstered by peer pressure, we stopped by the office of the internship director just to see where the happy hour would be that night. In a weak moment, I admitted a familiarity with the restaurants and bars in the area, and suddenly...I was named chair of the nightlife committee...
...Mother Hen of the scamming and sloshing summer interns, I have gotten to spend the last few weeks examining Intern Culture in great detail. In between making sure that everyone makes it in the door regardless of age and no one makes it out the door without paying for all of their dollar bottles of Rolling Rock, I've been able to glean a few important facts...
...Cultural exploration quite entertaining. It is also fun to study other Cultures--such as the "I-Work-on-the-Hill" Culture, an elite group whose members claim to play softball with Senators. There are also Subcultures. I've been spending so much time getting to know my fellow interns that I haven't really been to any of the Summer in Washington events sponsored by the IOP, but from what I hear, Harvard Intern Culture--complete with mixers with other Ivies--is a blast...