My Last Week


As cheesy as it is, I can’t believe I’ve already come to my last week as an intern at The Children’s
Museum of Houston. I’m incredibly thankful to everyone here who has made this such a great, and
challenging, experience.
I have to give a special shout out to Alleigh and Cathy (my supervisors), for helping me find ways to
pursue my own interests here at the museum. At the end of last week, Cathy told me she’d gotten me
a little assignment from the P.R. department to write an article on the superhero show, just so I could
have something to do in the realm of journalism/communications. This was such a sweet gesture, and a
great opportunity because the article will be featured in the museum’s newsletter.


So on Monday, I attended both showings of “Power Up!” and interviewed families who had come to
see the show more than once this summer. I asked them what they liked about the show, who their
favorite hero is, and what it means to the kids to hear ‘hey, you can be a hero too!’ I continued to
interview on Tuesday morning, then sat down to write my first draft. Cathy took it home to edit that
night, and came back Wednesday morning telling me that it was perfect and exactly what she
wanted (after a few grammatical corrections and such.)
Here is a little excerpt:
The show follows the story of the Kid, Lydia, who takes the place of Power House, Houston’s
greatest hero, and becomes a hero for the day herself. Through the challenges and tribulations of
being a hero and thwarting Mayhem’s villainous plans, Lydia must use the five heroic traits:
1.       Confidence
2.       Determination
3.       Creativity
4.       Patience
5.       Empathy
The greatest lesson we can all take from the show is knowing that anyone can be a superhero, as
Lydia discovered for herself. Mom of two and frequent museum visitor Elizabeth Murphy has brought
her kids to see the show more than 15 times this summer, as she enjoys watching them grow from
the lessons the show teaches.
“They are very creative,” said Murphy. “They love the show and after seeing the show, I can definitely
see a little bit more empathy when they play with each other
The Weaver family came to see the show for a second time, and brothers Will (12) and Nathan (9)
had similar takeaways on the value and importance of the five heroic traits. As older kids in the
audience, the lessons for Will and Nathan seems to lie not in how to be a superhero but how they’re
already superheroes, and what they can do to be better heroes.

“I learned about the heroic traits,” said Will. “And well, I probably have to improve on patience most.”
Nathan echoed his brother saying, “I’m good with confidence, but patience isn’t really my strong suit.”
It was really touching that Cathy went out of her way to get me an assignment where I could truly
shine, and to be able to get real world experience in what I want to pursue in college.

I’m sad to be leaving so soon, but with this internship under my belt I’m confident I’ll be going on to
do great things!

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