Journals allow you to change your mind. Less often you can use your journal to make judgments about something in your internship environment. There may be people's actions that you find unpleasant, ways of doing things that are not as you would do them, work environments in which you would not want to remain. These judgments will help you learn about yourself, your values and your limits. Journals allow you to speak your mind.
Journals are very private documents.
You might want to take some notes during the day, but do not make your colleagues at the placement nervous or curious by taking frequent breaks to write in your journal. Do not let colleagues read your journal. When you hand your journal in, only the CEL Coordinator will read your journal and the contents will not be shared with anyone else. You should read and reread your entries so that you can see your own development over the course of the semester. You should use the data you have recorded in your journal in writing your paper.