“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on”- Robert Frost. Some might say a teenager won’t have many personal experiences, but I don’t see that to be true. Personal experiences don’t have to be a event that stands out to anyone else but yourself. As a golfer, I enjoy being on the golf course as much as possible, so therefore I applied at Edgewood country club golf course as a summer helper. With a few connections I felt extra confident and was ready for my interview. On the spot I was hired and trained the same day. First, several of summers ago I was hired on as full time summer help at the Edgewood country club golf course. My shifts consisted of many long days such as 7:00am to sometimes 10:00pm depending …show more content…
In the beginning, I only planned for this to be a summer job, I learned otherwise as school started back they agreed to keep me for a while longer, and still work me during school at least until basketball starts. I became very liked at this Kroger I was getting called in to work a bit extra. During the summer I was only work around 15 hours a week but being called in some which some what disappointed me. Once school start I jumped up to twenty five to thirty hours a week that I was not expecting. Being hired at Kroger has taught me a lot, it has taught me how to manage money, learn responsibility, and the importance of time management. Overall I have been super grateful for my job and all the experiences I’ve had, once I start basketball I will truly miss my job and everything I have learned while working there. Finally, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on”. – Robert Frost. In conclusion, this quote to me means that after being hurt over losing my job at the golf course I had to realize that life does go on. I understand that everything happens for a reason. I am a firm believer when one door closes many more will open. Many times, we want to dwell on the things we’ve lost, but we can’t because we must look forward to what’s in store for us in the
Steve Jobs is trying to say that you should live every day like it is your last. He knew his life had value to him and his family. He felt like life was worth living even though once in a while a hard choice would come along to toughen his life. Making a choice is very hard, but when making a choice it should be one that you will not regret later in life. Making choices is one of the hardest things in life so you must see all the good and all the bad to the outcome of your options. Live everyday like it is your last. Ebert says that life is a very precious thing. Hamlet wants to die, but him not knowing what is on the other side scares so he decides to live. Even though Ebert had to get surgery, he got through it and learned to still live his life with no regrets.
You work like hell. But you learn a lot.” In my experience, I have learned a lot but the most important thing that I have learned is forgiving myself on the golf course; forgiving myself on the shots I do bad on or have a bad round. I tell myself that I will do better next time. Golf is as big as a mental game as it is a physical game. For example, I was at the biggest golf match of my junior year. I started the first hole off with going straight into the woods; as a result, I had to take a stroke. This patterned seemed to continue throughout the first nine holes. As I was eating lunch in between holes I realized what I was going wrong this whole time. I was thinking about my first hit; however, all I needed to do was forget about it. ……….. In conclusion, I got second place in district continuing to sectionals. Regardless of all the thoughts in my head. Forgetting about them made it a lot easier to enjoy the game and to play a good round. As a golfer, I’m thankful to have gained this quality as a life lesson not just on the golf
Throughout this experience I have learned a lot about golf and about how it effects the mind and body. My interview put things into perspective that kids and teenagers are actually learning life skills and life lessons that they can take into adulthood just from playing a game with freinds. Also learning that golf isn’t just a game that you may lose some weight from, but it can improve so many other things on your body and in your
There are tournaments held all across the nation where many children compete with ages ranging from eighteen year olds to as little as eight year olds, who are swinging golf clubs bigger than themselves. At age ten, Bryan started playing golf competitively. Realizing he was not the tallest, fastest, and not the most athletic, Bryan made golf his sport of choice. Bryan felt like he was not at a disadvantage just because he was not built like an athlete and believes “Success [in golf] is almost directly correlated to work ethic and attitude.” Deciding to put in the work by going to the golf course instead of the soccer field or basketball court, Bryan transitioned from playing in local tournaments to traveling the nation to play with the best in the
My first week of employment for summer help was very informational. The start out position is front end cashier. This is the typical last sales rep you will encounter before exiting the store after your purchase. We practiced our log in hours procedure, how to scan items, accept food stamps along with coupons and finally how to cash out a customer using a credit card, debit card or a personal check. When the first day of live action came, our trainer supervised over us we tendered the customers. At the end of the five and a half hour shift, I had cleaned out my register and handed it in to the accounting office. The following day at work my supervisor had told me that I had my till accounted for exactly. That sense of completion was motivation from there on out.
I consider myself to be a very introspective person, even at the age of sixteen. I don’t know many people analyzing why they react to the sound of a garage opening while in high school. By and large, I feel that this is a very useful quality to have. Until it turns into a burden. Not only am I very in tune with my emotions, I understand why I’m feeling them when I’m feeling them, and am predicting both how long I will be this way, and what impact this event may have on my future life. And here’s the catch. I get caught up thinking about how I’ll always look back on certain events, knowing exactly what impact they had on me and why it’s still here.
This job was physically and mentally demanding of my energy. I worked anywhere from ten to thirteen hour days; my stress level sky rocketed, and my school work started to suffer, eventually I dropped out of school because I was miserable at this job; the stress was so high; I had major mood swings, and I did not know what to do.
Past experiences are like the bottom blocks of a pyramid because it is hard to start something big without a base. Along with personal experiences is the living situation at home, for example, our parents are a big influence in our lives. With these influences we tend to back them up believing that we are right. In perspective we have opinions on everything, so when we are reading we are also seeing how this is different or the same in our lives. Moreover, our personal experiences shape our reaction by writing something that may challenge the way we think, something that may interest a reader, or something the reader did not expect.
Closing Statement: So remember life is a roller coaster full of ups and downs and twist and turns, so enjoy the ride and all its experiences life throws your way with a positive outlook.
As I sit here and reflect on how my education and work life experiences have prepared me for my future in the workplace; I truly become overwhelmed by the amount of things that I have learned and experienced. Like many others these experiences has influenced, motivated, and driven me to make the choices I have made. The good, the bad and the ugliest of them all have helped me to become the person that I am today.
Upon reading the essay prompt, I took a few moments to introspect. I thought back to every experience that helped mold me into the person I am today. As human beings, we are influenced by many aspects of our surroundings. Even as children, we develop certain attributes through observation, or through conditioning by our parents. These attributes may not be always positive, but the combination of both positive and negative qualities form the people we are today. No one is perfect; nevertheless, some are fortunate enough to have their strengths outweigh their weaknesses. I believe I am one of those lucky people.
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is by saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” - Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
I do not think that everyone fits in one hundred percent of the time. I think there are times that we all feel out of the loop, and there are times when we feel like we do not belong. Whether we like it or not, those moments can change us and shape us. I have had times like this in my life too. One of these instances that is still affecting me to this very day has become even more prevalent in the past few months. This experience I am having has changed the way I think, act, and feel about the world surrounding me.
During my time as a student I have been able to develop the way I learn and interact with others to a degree that has also helped me to mature into a better person. I have come to believe that this maturity will help me to develop into a better thinker as well, one that has the patience to listen and take consideration of what others have to say. I consider the act of learning a two way avenue that has to be taken seriously. It is one that involves the teacher, and the protégé. It has been, and will continue to be, my absolute goal as a student to become a diligent protégé and acquire all of learning my teachers have set in front of me. The way each of them have helped me to think about how my actions, and the way I choose to study my lessons and develop as a student, has made a tremendous impact on my life. This impact is one that I will carry into the future as I myself advance in my professional studies.
My life has been the result of many situations that have shaped it; however, it was not until recently when I realized just how well I have it. It took one impactful life experience in order for me to recognize that my life, compared to how others must live their lives, has many more opportunities. Once I realized my great circumstance, it was like a switch went off in my head. I had to take action and make the most of my life by looking at life in a different way.