Run for Congress if you really want a vacation. U.S. senators and House members take plenty of them, and no one misses them when they’re gone. In fact the country is better off when they’re on break.
Is there anyone left at either City Hall or the State House that has ever had a real job? I don’t mean as “director of civic engagement” or in the Office of Possibilities. I’m talking about doing something useful, producing goods or services that real people need or want?
The nine BU undergrads who are this year’s BU City Scholars Summer Fellows spent two months this past summer interning at Boston City Hall, getting an up-close look at a new administration and a new mayor (Michelle Wu) at work. Here, they reflect on what they learned and how the experience may shape their future careers.