At the age sixteen, I started my first job. My sister got me a job working with her at a Backyard Burgers. When you get your first job, a lot of things change. For instance, I started getting a paycheck, so I was able to go shopping more. I was able to buy my own car, which gave me more independence. I was seen by the public more, so I lost some weight and started dressing nicer. I also, became obsessed with working, I worked forty hours a week, while still in my junior year of high school. All of these aspects changed the way I think and caused me to go down a terrible path. However, the most prominent factor that came along with the job was the boys. When I started working at Backyard Burgers, I already had a boyfriend. He was a high school boyfriend though, so when I saw all of the other options available, I figured they were better. Within a couple of months I broke up with the high school boy. By that time, I had my …show more content…
It took a while, but I finally decided that the best thing to do is focus on myself. The best thing a girl can do for herself is get an education. With an education, she can get a job and take care of herself. Relying on a man is possibly the most dangerous thing to do. If I would have stayed with my boyfriend, I would have married him, when would have had kids, he would have got drunk, and it would eventually end in a divorce, leaving me in poverty. So, now, while I have a great mindset, that is focused on my future, I have decided to pursue my education. I have to figure my life out on my own, without a boy, before I will ever consider being with one again. Otherwise, I will go in a downwards spiral of prioritizing them over myself, leaving myself defenseless without and education to hold myself up when they leave. If I don’t take this opportunity to get an education, I will need someone else to support me throughout life. That could end
I was hired quickly and kept my first job for a year. During that year, I worked quite often, which had affected my school work. I didn’t make time to study and went to bed late most nights. As much as I wanted to quit, I kept working. I wanted to quit, because I feared I couldn’t keep up with school anymore. It terrified me that I would fall so behind, and never get anywhere in life. I kept faith, and I worked hard to get where I am today. I never gave up. I did not like asking for money at home, because I knew everyone was already struggling. I felt like I needed my job, so that I could make money to pay for things myself. Without work, I wouldn’t have any lunch money for school. My grandparents helped as much as they could. It's not their job though, I felt that it wasn’t fair they had to keep spending their money on me. Working has taught me great skills. I was shy before my first job. I am now more outgoing and social; I love meeting new people. I still work to this very day, and I am working hard in school. With good time management, I’m able to keep up with
...my situation was related to the situation of the whole society. I was not able to find a job only because of the downfall of job market. Realizing this made me feel a lot better that I am not the only one suffering and there are others out there who are in the same boat as me.
My job influences my life in the social location. In today's society, most teenagers can't start working for a company until they are 16 but, however, in my parents society they were able to start working whenever. Like for instance, my
In-N-Out Burger is a fast food restaurant found throughout the United States, however these restaurants are heavily concentrated on the West Coast as the advertisements and marketing techniques used serve to primarily attract those consumers. With this concentration of restaurants being primarily on the West Coast, many wonder as to why, in the nearly seventy year existence of the restaurant, In-N-Out has not set forth many efforts to conquer the Eastern region of the United States. In analyzing the consumer appeal of In-N-Out it is evident that contemporary American culture is generally defined by geographical locations. In-N-Out Burger attempts to portray this American West Coast lifestyle that involves much relaxation, risk, and simplicity,
Because of some of the circumstances that make me who I am, it is hard to say I have any one definitive home. Instead, I have had two true homes, ever since I was a young child. What makes this even more of a conundrum is that my homes have always had little in common, even though they are only a few hundred miles apart. Between the big city of Houston, Texas, and the small town of Burns Flat, Oklahoma, I have grown up in two very different towns that relate to one another only in the sense that they have both raised me.
I wake up in the morning and I can feel the bracelet sliding down my arm as I get up. The bracelet feels warmer than usual, this maybe because my arms are covered with blankets that make it warm during the night. When I wake up in the morning my bracelet has no distinct smell…but when I am getting ready I put perfume on that lingers on to the bracelet throughout the day. So it smells fruity almost like fresh berries that you would smell as you walk through the produce section of the grocery store. But a good smell, fresh and fruity.
A few years ago, there was this kid show I watched every day called “BackYardigans”. It was a show about five animals doing a fictional adventure together, singing and dancing throughout the story. At the end of it, they would go home. The fun part was that it all really took place within their backyard. When I watched them do all the cool dances and sing the sweet songs, I was really happy. I was inspired to be just like them. I used to replay every dance they did and sing every song. I became very fond of the characters. My mom would hide in the kitchen to watch me in front of the television in the living room. My love of the show and all that I was leading her to take me to dance classes over at Cypress College. The group she put me in
When I obtained my first job at China Grill in August of 2017, I was a nervous wreck. Unfortunately, being convinced that my boss would act with hostile intentions built a foundation for my anxiety to stand on. The outcome in reality is that she was jovial, always offering me Chinese candy to snack on and being incredibly patient when I misunderstood her instructions. Although my boss was marvelous, completing monetary transactions with the customers would force my anxiety levels to spike, causing heavy reliance on the calculator to determine the amount of change to return to a guest. If a customer began to seem impatient, panicking was my next course of action. This usually resulted in the customer getting the wrong amount of change back.
At the age of seven, my life changed forever. I was no longer living in my native country; I was now a fragment of the millions of immigrants who come to the United States in search of the American Dream. At the time, my father had recently lost his job and my mother was unemployed, which caused incredible financial stress for my family. My father decided to risk his life crossing the Rio Grande River for our family to have a better life and greater rewards.
Try to imagine being homeschooled near your entire life before high school, then moving from Los Angeles to Miami and starting as a freshman at one of the country’s largest high schools. With 4,500 students, 93% minority enrollment, as well as English being a second language what challenges do you think you would face? How would you approach something like this? Would you be a little scared? I wasn’t, I am a Military brat and I was eager to dive in head first on Expert Mode.
I had just turned ten when my mom first took me to the Salisbury Chess Club at the Sage Diner. The dilapidated Sage Diner dressed as if it were in the 50s (Absolute), I was immediately enamored by the chess pieces. Soon, I established a reputation for myself as a capricious tactician able to beat all but the most experienced players. Consequently, I played with one of the better players, Phil (Appositive), almost every week. Through my chess games with Phil, I learned many values, like patience and carefulness, that not only apply to chess but also to life.
That summer after school I just wanted to find a job and start making some money. Going to college for anther four year was something I thought I could not handle. I final got a job at UPS unloading trucks. At first I thought how hard could it be? But every day I would come home exhausted from working in the heat. And then when I got tiny pay check, it hit me. From then on I decided that manual labor was something that I could not do the rest of my life and I could definitely not support a family on that income. A job behind a desk in the air conditioning was what I wanted.
Have you ever been woken up by the smell of cookies? Imagine how wonderful it is when you are wished “good morning” by the smell of the warmness and happiness coming from the fresh baked cookies inside the oven. For me, it was one of the most meaningful thing that I had ever experienced: I was born in a family which hold a bakery business at home. The bakery is called “Sun Flower” and is fifteen years older than me. To me, it is very interesting to share with other people that I grew up in the bakery community which trained me how to bake, taught me about the value of work and working spirit as well as brought my family closer together.
I was only seventeen when I started working. I lived in a very small city that I downtown area full of different stores. During the summer times, most of the stores downtown would post job listings looking for young individuals who wanted to work during the summer season. I decided that I wanted to gain some work experience and decided to apply in one of the stores. The store I worked in was called Kid City; it was a clothing store for children. I enjoyed the job I had in the beginning; all I did was open up boxes and placed the clothes in the racks so the store associates could hang them up on the store racks. I enjoyed the job because I did not have to deal with the customers that came into the store. However, I was then moved to the front of the store to
It was a normal Saturday morning everything was going swell until, I awoke up from my slumber only to be left alone at home with my brother. In that short moment where my brother and I were left alone at home to survive I started to panic and overthink the worst-case scenario might happen. That our parents left us to fend for ourselves and we had to endure the up-coming obstacles that would soon arrive. In this experience, I learned not to overthink but to also be patient in and not make hasty decisions.