Reflections on the White House Internship Program

[Benny B]

White House interns reflect on their experiences while interning for the Executive Office of the President. The White House Internship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable professional experience and build leadership skills. This hands-on program is designed to mentor and cultivate todays young leaders, strengthen their understanding of the Executive Office and prepare them for future public service opportunities.
For more information go to: WhiteHouse.Gov/Internships

[Slapper]

[...]The White House Internship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable professional experience and build leadership skills.[...]

There's a small, tiny, problem here... we need solutions, not "leadership skills". And we also need representatives of The People, not "leaders".

You see... solutions to problems can be measured, "leadership skills" can't. Representatives of The People can be held accountable and fired, "leaders" can't.

And this is the more apparent when you have a rather large segment of the population, moi included, refusing to be led by anyone. Leading by force is simply called authoritarianism.

He dicho.

[Dos Equis]

[Slapper]

[BayGBM]

Being a WH Intern is small potatoes.  If you want to enable your career in public service become a White House Fellow or a Supreme Court Fellow (Colin Powell was a WH Fellow).  WH Fellows are typically 35-45 years old.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows/
http://www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov/index.php

[Benny B]

Being a WH Intern is small potatoes.  If you want to enable your career in public service become a White House Fellow or a Supreme Court Fellow (Colin Powell was a WH Fellow).  WH Fellows are typically 35-45 years old.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows/
http://www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov/index.php

You have to start somewhere, Bay. Not everyone can be Colin Powell, but I guarantee these bright young WH interns will go on to have great careers in the public or private sector.
These aren't 35-45 year olds, but recent grads primarily in their early to mid 20's.