I've learned many things outside of the classroom, from home to work.
I've been grateful for the learning experiences I have received from my mother. She's taught me many things. To cook (kinda), to clean (maybe a bit too much), and how to be careful of the world...mainly the people. To not trust so easily because people are deceiving and to be more aware of my surroundings. To be responsible. To think for myself and watch the way I carry myself. First impressions are everything. To hold onto a job and to learn and exceed in it as much as possible. To be grateful for everything I have and be respectful towards everyone. How life is when you don't have a college degree, let alone a high school diploma. How men can deceive and how to take care of kids. To be strong. To stand on my own. To care for family. If I had no one left in the world, no one to rely on, I won't sit there and cry about it...I would stand up and survive. She taught me so many things, almost everything. Sure, she was kind of scary at times, tough and mean at times, pretty strict, but it was all for a reason. I'm thankful.
Besides learning in the home, I've learned in school. I went to a government vocational type of school that had dormitories called Weber Basin Job Corps. After high school I felt like I needed a decent job while I go to college so I chose to go here to get a certificate and training in something. When I went up there I decided to go for Business Technologies since I'm a slight computer geek and every company needs someone to be a receptionist or file, something to organize and help the company. It sucked a bit, I'm not going to lie, with all the rules there are...but I'm grateful. I got involved in volunteer activities like Blood Drives, being in the Health Committee, being in the Diversity Committee, in the Charity Committee. I participated in Earth Day by cleaning up around a lake. I LOVE running Blood Drives. I love spreading knowledge of other countries. They also have this rule where you have to have some work experience before you leave so they require 1000 hours of work base. It's where you either work on base at the center doing your trade or they send you out to other companies to intern from. I interned as the center receptionist for about 3 months and finally they sent me off to work for the Forest Service in Ogden.
I got a lot of my experience besides learning from my mother and Job Corps, is at my current employer at the Forest Service. I've decided to add a different page because I'm always on new tasks, one after another, so I would like to add as I go. Many of my coworkers also tell me to update and add to my resume every single time I do something for them. For the private sector, you're told that you should keep your resume to one page, but with the government, you should have more than 2 pages...some even have 18 pages. It's really crazy how long some people's resumes are and how no one during high school or college, do they tell you that you should have really long resumes for government jobs.
I've been grateful for the learning experiences I have received from my mother. She's taught me many things. To cook (kinda), to clean (maybe a bit too much), and how to be careful of the world...mainly the people. To not trust so easily because people are deceiving and to be more aware of my surroundings. To be responsible. To think for myself and watch the way I carry myself. First impressions are everything. To hold onto a job and to learn and exceed in it as much as possible. To be grateful for everything I have and be respectful towards everyone. How life is when you don't have a college degree, let alone a high school diploma. How men can deceive and how to take care of kids. To be strong. To stand on my own. To care for family. If I had no one left in the world, no one to rely on, I won't sit there and cry about it...I would stand up and survive. She taught me so many things, almost everything. Sure, she was kind of scary at times, tough and mean at times, pretty strict, but it was all for a reason. I'm thankful.
Besides learning in the home, I've learned in school. I went to a government vocational type of school that had dormitories called Weber Basin Job Corps. After high school I felt like I needed a decent job while I go to college so I chose to go here to get a certificate and training in something. When I went up there I decided to go for Business Technologies since I'm a slight computer geek and every company needs someone to be a receptionist or file, something to organize and help the company. It sucked a bit, I'm not going to lie, with all the rules there are...but I'm grateful. I got involved in volunteer activities like Blood Drives, being in the Health Committee, being in the Diversity Committee, in the Charity Committee. I participated in Earth Day by cleaning up around a lake. I LOVE running Blood Drives. I love spreading knowledge of other countries. They also have this rule where you have to have some work experience before you leave so they require 1000 hours of work base. It's where you either work on base at the center doing your trade or they send you out to other companies to intern from. I interned as the center receptionist for about 3 months and finally they sent me off to work for the Forest Service in Ogden.
I got a lot of my experience besides learning from my mother and Job Corps, is at my current employer at the Forest Service. I've decided to add a different page because I'm always on new tasks, one after another, so I would like to add as I go. Many of my coworkers also tell me to update and add to my resume every single time I do something for them. For the private sector, you're told that you should keep your resume to one page, but with the government, you should have more than 2 pages...some even have 18 pages. It's really crazy how long some people's resumes are and how no one during high school or college, do they tell you that you should have really long resumes for government jobs.
