Friday, November 21, 2014

Thanksgiving plans



For Thanksgiving, I plan on doing tons of homework. I have to work on a research paper for English and my History final which is watching videos and writing papers over them. Friday I am going to probably go to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving dinner. I may go Black Friday shopping as well depending on time.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Job

On the website http://www.snagajob.com/ I found that there are more job opportunities for teen than I expected. The website was easy to work and I found quite a few jobs that I would actually consider doing. I found a part-time job at the Taco Cabana in Waxahachie as apart of the cleaning crew. This job is appropriate for teens, especially for one of the first few jobs a teen will have, because it is more of a job you get to learn some responsibility before taking on more responsibility with a job where you are a manager where you have to have more experience. The job is also appropriate for students at this age since it is part-time, and many people at this age would have to take a job that works with their school schedule as well as their personal schedule. To prepare for a possible interview, I would of course take a resume that lists my experience and all of my accomplishments. A good way that I could prepare for a possible interview would be to think of the possible questions that they may ask me and just prepare some answers up for the interview. A good way to prepare for a job interview would to also to do some research on the job and know what to expect and what it is all about as well as the company. Picking out a professional outfit for the interview can help because it makes you look prepared as well as nice instead of showing up in a laid back outfit looking sloppy, then they might not even consider hiring you. The level of difficulty on finding a job online was not that bad. There are tons of jobs that I easily found in my are in just a couple of tries. The difficult part is finding a job that suits you personally, what you would be comfortable doing, what fits your schedule, and what kind of salary you would like to be earning.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Liz Murray movie

I thought that the film was pretty amazing. To go from homeless to college is a big change that would require a lot of work. It is awesome that she did not give up and continued to make something of herself. My favorite part of the movie would have to be when she started going to school again when she was a teenager since she did not have anyone to motivate her or tell her to go but she did it because she wanted more for herself. She wanted to change who she was for the better instead of having the attitude that she can not change her life. I personally do not think I would have been as resilient because to grow up in that environment I probably would know that life and not be as motivated to do something good for myself. Also, I would probably be so adjusted to that lifestyle and once I would be so used to it, it would be hard to completely change everything and start going to school.