Read the passage below and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
You are currently working as an editorial assistant at a reputable music magazine. Among your responsibilities is leading a group of summer interns. Reflecting back on how mind-numbing your own magazine intern experience was, your goal is to make theirs more rewarding.
When you were an intern, an assistant named Bradley always seemed to pass off his boring, most tedious work—filing, answering his boss’s routine emails, and setting up appointments—to the interns, allowing him time to further his career in rock criticism. In order to be given a good recommendation, you did these tasks, even though what you really wanted to do was talk to writers, write or edit copy, and sit in on pitch meetings. You always resented Bradley, feeling that he had used you.
Now that you are an assistant, you wonder if Bradley actually had the right idea. You too aspire to be a music critic, and the mundane parts of your job are beginning to frustrate you (even though they are in the job description). Having to get lattes for your boss is keeping you from bolstering your portfolio. Yet here are young interns eager to do anything to get ahead, perhaps even taking over those menial tasks. You still want to make sure the interns have a worthwhile experience. What should you do?