Original Writing Coursework – My Typical Work Experience Day

My archetypical day of Work sense began on 30th June, 2008. I woke up on that morning at 7am, feeling nervous and excited at the same time. My room was quite messy when I got up. I got out of hump, tidied up my bed and room, and went for my early morning shower. The shower was relaxing and refreshing as I stood under it and gathered my thoughts. It was a cool, windy day. I like windy years at times It eases my nervousness and builds up excitement at long last it was the much awaited initiative day at school. Soon enough, I was dressed. I took time as I did not know what to wear since I wanted to make a good impression on my first day at work.I was not wearing my instill uniform (which I was used to wearing without thinking ). I needed to be originative Creativity first thing in the morning was not something I was used to After throwing a few shirts and trousers randomly on my bed, I at long last picked up a dark blue shirt with a pair of light blue trousers blue being my fav ourite and lucky colour and of line of credit socks which complimented my shoes. I think I looked reasonable not too formal, not too casual casual smart as the saying goes I had food grain and waited anxiously for the bus.I became too anxious as I gave worried glances at the clock. The bus normally comes to pick me up at 750am. When 750am came and went, I panicked. I thought the bus wouldnt come. I did not wish to be late on my first day for work experience It neer gives a good impression, I had heard somewhere It was a relief when at 810am the bus indeed came to pick me up. The journey from my home to school was calm and pleasant. The bus went through the busy and crowded Northern Approach motorway into the greenery, peaceful and lovely Victoria Park filled with trees, lakes and small cafes and benches.As I was going to school, I have been thinking about what it would feel to have a real job once my education was complete. I on the spur of the moment thought about the future. I did not know what job I will have in the future moreover I know what I will be working on either in the Science industry or in the ICT industry. I had excessively, partly, been thinking what to do during the Summer Holidays, as it was nameting nearer by the hour and in what way I could make use of this time which may be useful in my future career. I finally reached my workplace, which incidentally, was my own school.The school, where I was working, was called Oaklands and it was an international secondary school with many international students and faculty. Oaklands is situated in Old Bethnal Green Road in Bethnal Green. As there are two buildings in the school, there was a long, green and white bridge which connected these buildings. One building is an old virtuoso and the other, recently built. It was very colourful and clean inside the building many international flags were put up to make the students feel at ease in school. There were about 600 students and about 60 or 70 s taff in the school that was supposed to be my work place for a week.The answer area is usually quiet as there are not many people coming to reception everyday. Angelas office is situated at the top of the main reception beside the waiting area. I reached my office and saw my supervisor, Angela. The office was quite disorganised as there were post-it notes, pictures and files all over the place. The room was as small as a pigeon hole it could only fit two or three people. It gets crowded when more than three people come in. It was common cold inside as there was an Air Conditioner on.Normally I would come to school as a student by 845am but I reached my workplace quite later than usual, at around 930am, as a member of staff at Oaklands School. Angela normally comes around 10am 1030am, but she came early at around 930am on that day to help me settle on the first day of work. We signed the work experience require which was kept in my Work Experience record book. I had to bring the book every single day to work. Apart from signing the Work Experience contract, I had to fill in pages of records which were about how your first day went and how your other days went and what you had to do during the week.After the initial paperwork, I began my first day at work. Most of the time during Work Experience, I had to work on a computer to work on the schools newsletter, the Oak, updating and editing as I went along. use Microsoft Publisher and Word, I started to add some pictures and notes on to the schools newsletter. Staff came by and went to check on Angela and me. Staff also checked on my progress with the newsletter, complimented my work and told me to keep going, which was encouraging. I was asked to take pictures and take small interviews about the new Year 7s joining Oaklands.When I was asked, I was frozen as ice. At home, I tried my hand on cameras and often ended up taking fuzzy pictures. Being asked to take photographs at work was a totally diametric ball g ame and I never really expected that. I declined the project because I felt that I needed more practice on taking photographs. My hands moved constantly and that is certainly not a good sign for a professional photographer I wondered whether my declining would adversely be active the impression of my supervisor about my confidence level in trying or attempting something of a challenge.But then I thought that I would kinda say yes to something that I felt comfortable in doing, especially on my first day at work. Angela had to label the envelopes for the letters she was going to send. I helped her labelling the envelopes which took a sequence (it took roughly about an hour to complete it) but I managed to finish it on time. I then had to go to the staff office to get the envelopes franked with First-Class postage. Later, I helped Angela out with cutting our school years pictures and sticking them for the staff that needed them.There were about 120 students in our year. That also to ok a while to complete. The morning was almost over. It taught me already that tasks needed to be prioritised, tasks needed to be completed on time and with concentration. There was no time to be vitiated or for fooling around. It was a professional atmosphere and one needed to be professional. Finally, I had my eat at school. Usually I have lunch at home since I do fractional-day schools but by the time I finished the day, I was so hungry, I decided to have a big lunch that would fill my appetite.I could smell all the good food being cooked in the kitchen. I was feeling that I was getting distrait and perhaps it was a good idea to take a break or call it a day since I was supposed to do half days at work anyway. The food looked colourful and matched my instant imagination The cafeteria was crowded because many students and staff (not just me), were starving. It was funny to think of myself as staff I noticed that there had been changes in the cafeteria since the last time I was there.Near the windows, there are high seats and tables around the room thereby adding more seats. There is now a tray clearer in the cafeteria where we can put our finished lunches. I looked at the place and it all seemed different than usual possibly it was because I was there not as a student but as an employee for the week. On my journey back home that day, I was immersed in thoughts I always wondered how professionals have worked on their first day of their career whether in the corporate dry land, legal world, medical world, creative world or in the world of academia.I wondered how, after education and training, when a person finally becomes a professional, how does he or she feel on their first assignment or first piece of work or first day at work. When I look back at my Work Experience and think about these professionals, I can somewhat get a glimpse of the level of excitement and anticipation they must feel on their first day I also think that one can only excel and do well in any field provided one is interested to learn and is dedicated to look for the subjects that are close to ones heart. For me a journey had started. I had a long way to go.