Psych Majors: A Case Study

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Hello, I hope you had a good Christmas and have been enjoying the holidays! As I am finishing up my application for Australia and planning my classes and schedule for the summer and next year, I have come to the question of where I would like to work (and live) this summer. I will be in Australia till mid June, home on the 25th ready to work. As I am close to competing my degree in psychology I am realizing that the job at the retreat is the absolute perfect hands on experience for me. Psych Majors at UVM fight to get internships matching the work experience I get at the pool. With this being said I was hoping to be re-hired for summer 2016 to get some hours at the pool. I know we had briefly discussed Melia’s friend also working part time

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