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A summer job is something a young person should have in order to develop experience in the working world and learn to socialise in a new environment. There is little opportunity for young people to gain a whole lot of capital in a ‘summer’ type job, but the fundamentals that are gained are an invaluable asset for future employment opportunities and careers. Nevertheless, it is difficult to motivate young people to come out of the warm summer sun and into a sizzling, oily restaurant full of demanding managers and endless food orders. In fact, the only known motivational factor for a student to get a summer job is the certainty of a paycheque that rewards these adolescents every two weeks. The following is an anecdote about a possible experience a young person might have on their first day at a ‘summer’ job. It details the arduous duties a fresh-faced adolescent must accomplish in order to earn that bi-weekly paycheque that they covet. This is the first day of Andy’s new job at a local fast food restaurant called Big Kahuna’s. As he walks past the front counter on his way to the back of the restaurant, Andy notices how quickly workers are moving. These people are scurrying around like mice attempting to complete their task
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Nevertheless Andy, summer job, computerised clock, bi-weekly paycheque,
Approximate Word count = 862
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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