On January 12‚ 2017 in Sioux Falls‚ SD‚ I job shadowed at Avera Hospital with Teri Ruiter who is a midwife. When I first got to the hospital I had to find a place to park at plaza 1. I went inside and a guy behind a desk asked me where I was going‚ I told him the Avera Women’s on the 4th floor. From there he showed me where the elevator was. I went up to the Women’s center and the lady behind a desk asked how she could help me‚ I explained to her I had a job shadow with a midwife. She then brought
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A first job is a rite of passage while growing up. For me‚ having responsibilities that were outside of my mother’s roof was big. The minute that I had an income for my family’s household‚ all chores were exempt for‚ the worker‚ and gone were my days of washing dishes. My first job was working at Elleson’s Bakery during high school. Every weekend I would wake up at 4:30 in the morning‚ usually by the fifth alarm I would wake up‚ and get ready and walk the two blocks to the bakery to open for customers
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Moving Day The summer before my senior year was going to be the best one yet. Lying out in the hot summer air‚ going out with friends till one in the morning‚ sleepovers all week long‚ summer was going to be amazing! Not long into my summer vacation my mom had brought up the subject of us moving once again. It hadn’t really surprised me that she was bringing it up because I vividly remember her talking about it earlier in the year. She had been wanting to move for quite some time‚ always saying
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When I was nine‚ I watched my mom run herself ragged to try and support us. She was finishing her college degree‚ while working two jobs and raising me. My parents had just gotten divorced and I was scared and sad and didn’t understand what was happening. My mom and I were incredibly tight on money‚ and things were terrifying. I was a ten year old worrying about my next meal. As girls wore hoodies that read “Hollister” and “Aeropostale‚” I was wearing mix-matched outfits we had found at goodwill
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“I don’t know if I’ve ever been so damn proud.” The preceding quote was taken directly from my journal (not a diary) on July 31st‚ 2015. My crew of 8 and I had been through a lot this infamous day as we continued our 26-day trek through the magnificent yet unforgiving Canadian wilderness. At the present moment‚ however‚ I was currently enveloped in my welcoming and cozy sleeping bag reflecting on an arduous but immensely rewarding day. With the sputters and pops of spitting grease‚ we fried walleye
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How did it happen? I will always remember that day very well‚ as clear and as vivid as if it happened yesterday. It was very stressful and upsetting. It was the day that I lost my job. Welcome to the dark realm of my existence‚ otherwise known as my personal memoir. I was previously an announcer for a game show called To Tell The Truth. The show‚ not the phrase. It was a perfectly good day on September 11‚ 2000. I just finished a good 30 minute show on the air. I get paid six digit numbers for shouting
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My I am from poem was an assignment that was done in the beginning of the school year! Everyone in the class was suppose to write a poem using “I am from” and describe things that we like or things that describe of where we come from. We were also allowed to include things we liked‚ for example I wrote I am from buffalo hot wings‚ half pepperoni and half cheese. I grew up eating this all the time because that’s what I liked to order in a pizzeria and my brothers would always order this too. For this
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Have you ever met someone who has the "perfect job" - like the animal lover who’s a great veterinarian or the science whiz who’s a lab technician? What about the people who are good at what they do - but hate getting up every morning to go do it? Which one are you? Unfortunately‚ most people get so wrapped up in making a good salary they head for whatever job will pay them the most. Sure‚ they get to provide a comfortable lifestyle for their family‚ but at what price? Is hating what you do worth
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JaLesa Byes As the end of my eighth grade year was rapidly approaching and becoming a high school freshman was coming to reality I had a lot of anxiety and curiosity that I wanted to know about high school. On January 25‚ 2012 I was getting out of school and I got the devastating news that my grandma at age 57‚ suddenly passed away. I couldn’t believe it‚ I was in shock just as well as my other family members were. The moment she passed away I knew that since such a beautiful person that had
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I have very few memories of the day that I obtained my first concussion in the spring of my sophomore year at Tulane. I was feeling stressed that day‚ I had an Organic Chemistry quiz the next morning and was squeezing in study time between classes and diving practice. At practice‚ thoughts of Organic Chemistry were distracting me from my work out; I remember leaving the board‚ and then seeming to reappear on the pool deck with my coach barking at me in a language I did not understand. I just stared
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