{"id":87,"date":"2019-07-14T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2019\/07\/14\/the-opposite-of-arachnophobia\/"},"modified":"2019-07-14T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T13:36:00","slug":"the-opposite-of-arachnophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2019\/07\/14\/the-opposite-of-arachnophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opposite of ARACHNOPHOBIA!"},"content":{"rendered":"
My week started as a beautiful Monday morning. I was able to shadow the administration division for my eighth week at Colonial Historical National Park. During the start of the week, I attended a safety assessment meeting which was relevant to me because I am the public safety writer for Lincoln University\u2019s Department of Public Safety. I was educated on development plans such as the hazard communications plan, the thermal extreme plan, and proper personal protective equipment. These plans are things that I will be bringing to awareness for Lincoln University’s police department. The superintendent of Colonial Historical National Park deserves an honorable mention; She made such a presence in the meeting, it was quite admirable. Her words taught me that it is okay to be unsatisfied with statistics in a meeting, and it is okay to voice one’s opinions and thought processes relevant to the issue or topic that is being discussed. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Wearing Administration Gear Gifted by the VC, Jamestown Island<\/div>\n

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Another significant part of my week was learning about retirement plans that are offered with the National Park Service. I am now able to depict and articulate the three tier retirement program. I have never been more excited to start saving for retirement, and will do so using the TSP, and FERS. <\/span><\/div>\n

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For the closing of my week, I met with the volunteer coordinator of COLO and began the process of helping to clean out historic horse stables. As one may know, I enjoy hands on work, so using a heavy duty vacuum and a fuel powered leaf blower acted as an amusement park for me! By cleaning out the sheds, I discovered a plethora of species of arachnids. In fact, when I used the leaf blower,  spiders blew everywhere including ON ME. I developed a new found desensitization for spiders (think the opposite of arachnophobia). <\/span><\/div>\n
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Using a leaf blower, Wisteria Cottage <\/div>\n

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My week started as a beautiful Monday morning. I was able to shadow the administration division for my eighth week at Colonial Historical National Park.…<\/p>\n

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