The Irish International Immigrant Center
During the last two weeks, I have been working at the IIIC ( Irish International Immigrant Center ), in Boston. They help immigrants from over 120 countries to become citizens of the United States. Our family friend, Ronnie Millar, is the Executive Director there, and he very kindly allowed me to intern with him for the two weeks that I was on school vacation. During my time there, I did a variety of things, including, helping out in some of the classes, delivering and picking up packages (some containing tasty sandwiches), and organizing a great variety of cords. I also had to dress nicely, and get up early, neither of which was a problem for me. Due to snow days, and other time constraints, I only had the opportunity to attend and assist in two classes, the first was an English class and the second was class to help immigrants learn some technology basics. During the English class I sat next to a man from Mexico, who used to be a teacher before he moved here, now, I’m pr...