With the last of my Final Exams now finished and school officially ended, Summer had official begun. However, my Summer Vacation would not consist of long days spent at a beach or in an air conditioned room. No longer would Netflix be the only thing on my mind, one which school squeezed every last bit of patience and integrity out of. This vacation marked a new beginning for me, where I would have to obtain certain qualities to persevere through to the end. For me, the first day of my summer job was one of the most uncertain that I have ever experienced in my life. In fact, the last day of school was also the first day of being employed as an intern at the Rhode Island State House. There was no joking around; once I finished my Algebra II Honors course at Toll Gate High School, I nearly immediately started my job. That June afternoon was also the beginning of a time where I would need to learn independence to thrive.
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Independence also almost always entails responsibility and dedication to the overlying cause; in this case, a job. The aforementioned qualities are also universal traits that all, young and old, must have in order to merely function in life. From my experiences over vacation, I learned that availability is crucial to maintain a proper environment in which to achieve one’s fullest potential. Personally, a summer job, although legitimate, is a pretest to the test that is life; where one can make mistakes. From mistakes made while employed as an intern, one develops skills necessary to become functioning component in a world where mistakes can be deadly. Most importantly however, I learned how much responsibility is required to become independent; to be on you own. In the process of working a summer job, I learned what it meant to be not only independent, but also a functioning component of our society as a
Independence also almost always entails responsibility and dedication to the overlying cause; in this case, a job. The aforementioned qualities are also universal traits that all, young and old, must have in order to merely function in life. From my experiences over vacation, I learned that availability is crucial to maintain a proper environment in which to achieve one’s fullest potential. Personally, a summer job, although legitimate, is a pretest to the test that is life; where one can make mistakes. From mistakes made while employed as an intern, one develops skills necessary to become functioning component in a world where mistakes can be deadly. Most importantly however, I learned how much responsibility is required to become independent; to be on you own. In the process of working a summer job, I learned what it meant to be not only independent, but also a functioning component of our society as a