Ok, I love the Scottish Parliament. Seriously, this internship is awesome. My MSP gives me so much to do, I am so busy - she has me working on a few long term projects related to health, but every other minute she's like, "oh can you write this question for me?" or asks me to find information for a speech...it's great. She's definitely one of the more busy/kind of a big deal MSPs, so that worked out really well for me. This internship is definitely one of the most fulfilling I've had, mainly because I get to do so much (think about how many internships there are where you're photocopy or filing or doing tedious work and only get to do interesting things like half of the time).
I'm in the Parliament from Tuesday-Thursday, but on Mondays and some Fridays I go to the constituency office in Southeast Glasgow. The constituency is interesting - in the northern part, it's really impoverished and there's a lot of gang violence and drugs, and then as you move down south (towards the city center - see picture) the area becomes more well off. My MSP is definitely more concerned with the impoverished area (she's focused on regeneration issues in the city).
On another note, the Parliament Cafeteria is amazing. The food is subsidized, so you can get a huge meal for like 3 pounds, it's great. Also, I took my last final today - thank god that's over with. I'm off to St. Andrew's tomorrow, so I'll write soon and tell you all about it.
xoxo Pam
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