Analysis Of Hard Work By Andrew Braaksma

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Andrew Braaksma talks about how challenging it was for him working at a factory over the summer. He mentioned that the hard work he put into the job was not necessarily worth it because of how small his pay checks seemed. Hard work such as, rigid work schedules, the mass amounts of paperwork, meeting quotas, and multiple issues they had with the factory's machines. He says "My friends who take easier, part-time jobs never seem to understand why I'm so relieved to be back at school in the fall or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation."(paragraph. 3). The author stresses how exhausting the job was and going back to school after the summer had him relieved. Despite all of the hard work he had to do, the author mentions that

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