Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned From A Car Repair Shop

After we finished our breakfast we were ready to get home and sleep. Walking to my car I notice the biker was sitting on my car. I look at him and said, “Can you please get off my car” he then replied, “what you going to do if I don’t spick” and then he spit in my face. I lost it and put him through the glass of my car. I had to attend agree management because of this event, but I didn’t change who I am.

The next thing I know, I’m going in a cell in the police station . Being confused why I was there, I asked why, and the response I got was “you're going to court in half hour”. IN half in hour,I was in trial for stealing money and counterfeiting. By the end of the trial I was sentenced to 20 years of Juvy.

I did a normal day's work, intel Curley called me aside to talk to me. I knew how this conversation was going to go. One of two things was about to happen. One Curley chides me on killing Lennie and complains that he should of been the one to kill him or two he tells me I did the right thing by making sure he was dead. I thought about this as Curley looked at me. He said nothing. He didn't seem angry and we sat in silence until he finally said “you know what you did right?” I nodded as he continued to talk. “You went out of your way to kill your best friend now that takes guts” He seemed proud of me but I only felt disgust as he continued. “I'm glad you did it that the brain dead shell of a man had been getting on my nerves ever since he crushed my hand.” I was slightly angry at that last comment but I said nothing and continued listening. “But as much as I would love to say you did a good thing you still killed a man and that makes you a murderer. The other guys do not feel comfortable with you around anymore. I'm sorry but you're fired”. As soon as he finished talking I looked at Curley in disbelief. I was just fired. I told Curley that I understood and that I would leave the property immediately. Curley seemed genuinely disappointed that I had to leave. I knew he never really liked me but I knew he didn't hate me. So I left and went to the bunkhouse and gathered my things and I did like I said I would. All the guys just stood there

About a week ago we were dismissed at 12:30 due to bad weather (snow). It was approximately 11:25 when we were given the announcement. It was roughly five minutes later when the snow started comming down, and comming down at a fast rate. At this point every one was excited to be leaving early, so no one was working. We were to report to lunch, then 6th hour, which would be our last. At lunch the snow was starting to pile on to the ground. It was getting bad. Even though we had two unproductive hours left, such as lunch and the last hour, which we sat and did nothing utill the bell rang. When it was time to go the snow had accumulated to about an inch, and was still falling hard. The

“Casey, your group needs to do the stunt one more time!” coach said imprudently. It happened March 26, 2015; it was at the end of a two hour practice. During the summer months in South Georgia, it is utterly hot and humid, especially in our cheer gym (a warehouse with no air conditioner); it only has two heavy-duty fans and a roll-up door. With this in mind, my group became slightly irritated. Everyone was exhausted; nevertheless we still had to do the stunt anyway.

1. The 2nd case study made me reflect on my first head coaching job in football. I was hired by a school in south Texas with the help of a friend I coached with in Oklahoma. He had moved back to his hometown and started teaching and coaching at his high school. He contacted me about the opening and two months later I was hired. I hired him to be one of my assistants and even made sure that he was paid well as a thank you. I was very disappointed with the way he coached that year. I had already make arrangements to move him to a non-coaching position for the next season. I realize I never spoke with him about my expectations or made him aware of how I felt during the season. I identity with Dr. Skinner is some regards. I was caught up in the other aspects of teaching, coaching, and AD duties, I neglected to take care of that issue. I understand that it is OK to hire a trusted colleague or friend but the expectations of them should not be any different of anyone else.

I did not know what was going on. I parked the car on the side of the road and took a look inside. I did not see anything wrong with it. I checked twice and did not find anything. I got back in the car and started to crank it. The car did not respond to me. Twenty minutes later, I started to panic. I did not know what to do. I cranked the car one more time and realized that I ran out of gas. All this time, I thought I got punk; and waited for the camera crew to appear. Running out of gas was the worst feeling ever. I could not think of a lie to tell my mother if she called again. My mother was calling me since the situation started and I never answered the phone. My curfew passed, and I felt stupid the whole time. Eventually, I knew I was going to be in trouble. So, I decided to tell the truth and called her

My field experience was in Ms. Felkins third grade classroom at Washington Elementary School. The class there are nineteen students total, nine boys and ten girls. There are two different ethnic groups in the class, four African American students and fifteen white students. Additionally, there are three students who go to a resource room throughout the day for academic instruction. One of the students goes to the resource room for thirty-minute increments throughout the day. Three students go to a small reading group each day to work on reading skills.

The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

This day was busy, but I was able to help out more by checking patients in and checking them out this time around. Felt a lot more comfortable with the system and interacting with the clients and their pets. This was my last day working in the front, I enjoyed working with Leonore and the rest of the staff in the front but, I am very excited to work in the back to get hands on experience working with the technician’s and the doctor’s.

I have never worked retail before this internship. Everything that I am going to learn is all new me. The department that I was assigned to work in is Cabinet and Appliances. The managers I am learning under is Joe and Heather.

During the summer of 2015, I worked at a local Infiniti dealership. My responsibilities included driving the cars that came in for service through the car wash, and organizing the parking lot. When backing up a large truck, I hit a parked car behind me. I got out of the car and realized that there was no major damage except for some small marks on the car that was hit. One of my senior co-workers came over and told me to forget about it and just keep doing my job. I then got back into my car and drove the car through the car wash, but as I was in the car, I could not stop thinking about hitting the other car. I then went to one of the head managers of the service department and told him about the accident. He then inspected the car and had

I first became interested in computers when my Uncle said that I could have his old computer if I could fix it. At the time, this seemed like an incredibly daunting task, but I took it home and decided to attempt to repair it. With the help of the internet, I quickly figured out that the hard drive was not functioning correctly. After I bought a new hard drive, I replaced the old hard drive and installed a new operating system. When it powered on for the first time, I felt extremely accomplished and overjoyed, and I still get the same feeling when I repair other people’s computers. This eventually led to me repairing my teacher’s and classmate’s computers on a regular basis. Many people began to tell me that I should turn what I do into a business, and I thought that it would be a wonderful idea because I could do what I love for a living. For several days, I considered all of the problems that I might face starting such a business, and I realized that there is a possibility that I might break the computer while trying to repair it. The thought of breaking someone’s

I hit Megan and said, “ look!” She locked the doors because she got scared. The cop came over to the car and knocked on the window. Megan unlocked the car and rolled down the window. The cop asked if the car was on and we both said yes. He said that they had gotten called because Megan’s brother

I got out of the car and went and talked to them. I told them if they did not give me money I would come back with a gun they started laughing and joking like I was kidding. So I told them I would be back. Thirty minutes later I came back with a gun. They were all still standing outside and I pulled up with the gun tucked away. As soon as I got out they came at my with a huge piece of pipe. Not even seeing the gun the were still coming at me. I pulled the gun on them and shot. The bullet was a dud with nine more in the chamber. I recocked and pointed it at them again. I set the gun down to fight and they ran literally ran. I was cussing and yelling I chased after one of them and his friend picked up my gun. He pointed at me and pulled the trigger. Luckily for me it was another dud. I got in my car and