Career Essay: A Career As A Home Assistant

I am raised in a hard working household and am taught to do my best in whatever I’m doing. My father is a real estate agent and my mother is a special education teacher. Both of my parents love their jobs and I have never heard them complain. We believe that working is a privilege, and that belief shows throughout our lives. I began working when I was 15 at the local nursing home in Perry County because I couldn’t wait to have the responsibility of a job. I started out as a housekeeper because I was not old enough to be a feeding assistant. A few months before I turned 16 I took the class to become a trained feeding assistant, and as soon as I was able I began my new role in the nursing home. As a housekeeper I went to work after school and by that time, the morning housekeepers were leaving. So, as an evening housekeeper, I worked alone and minded my own business. When I …show more content…
There are three halls and three of us, so each feeding assistant was assigned to one hall. That day something came up and we were not able to finish our ice on all three halls, so after we fed the residents supper we were expected to finish the ice on our break. We finished supper and cleaned up and it was time to finish ice, but the other two girls said they did not want to do it yet and that the residents don’t even drink the water anyway. I took this comment, as they were not going to finish passing out the ice, so I took the matter into my hands and told them I was going to do my hall and they should start on theirs. Once had I finished my hall, I saw that they hadn’t done a thing and continued to sit in the break room, so I began on the other two halls. The head nurse asked me why I was doing all the halls and I told her the truth. The other two girls, my best friends, got in trouble and didn’t act very kindly to me but later finished their job and I continued to help