Practice Observation

Working at a liquor store can really give you a lot to take in, in such little time. A lot of people come into the store in one of two moods. Either they are very happy and in an upbeat mood because its the weekend and they can have a little freedom or already caught a buzz and looking to extend it deep into the night. If it isn't that then its the polar opposite of miserable, grumpy, ignorant human beings who want nothing to do with you and just want there boozes and get on with the miserable lives. Another thing I notice about being a cashier of a liquor store is people think that your a therapist. you ask them how there day was and they go off about what happened with there day and how they hate there wives and there kids make them miserable etc. People think that just because your selling alcohol it comes with all the free advice in the world but I don't see it that way. looking around the store the biggest thing that sticks out to me is the large line of fridges running down the whole left side of the store for sole purpose of keeping appropriate products at the proper temperature. The cash register is to help the employees keep track of what people own and what there change is as well as serving the purpose of keeping tract of all sales and total gross for the owners. Looking up in the store you'll see about 6 cameras all pointed at the counter recording every employees as well as customers moves at the check out counter. In some instances you do the wrong thing with no one around and then you'll pay for it the next time the boss man watches the tapes. The big blue and black gold mine located at the middle of the check out counter serves as the publics connection to the lottery. A lot of money goes in and not nearly as much comes up but as you'll see for the years to come it will stay the same for that lottery machine as well for all the aspects of the liquor store.

John Stewart Reading

After reading the John Stewart commencement address theirs one thing that really sticks out to me. In his speech John states college is something you complete and life is something you experience. I couldn't agree more. When facing the decision on which college I was going to attend it seems like a lot more people were more concerned with were I was going then myself. You always had those people who loved to brag about how they were going to a Division 1 school that they think you have no chance at and love to just act supportive of your choice when truly they just want to tell you there better than you, but they aren't. At the end of the day college comes down to what you wish to accomplish and how hard you push yourselves to achieve these goals. A degree is a degree and it doesn't matter what type of school it is people have just as good of a chance at any job than someone who went to a Division 1 school. I know multiple people who have degrees from schools that cost them about a quarter of a million dollars by the time that they were finished. What are they doing now? Still working there jobs that they had in high school making 12 dollars an hour having there parents pay off there loans because they can barely afford gas in their car. People like myself will complete a degree at a state school only at a fraction of the cost. After 4 years its just the name on the top of the diploma but yet there all mad out of paper and mean the same thing. As John said College is just something you complete, Life is something you experience.

September 11th Tattos

September 11th, 2001 has gone down in history as the worst day nationally in our generations. only until recently when the Boston Marathon Bombing happened nothing could ever compare to the events that took place on that tragic day. People of older generations sometimes compare this event in our life as to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Everyone who was alive and old enough to remember could probably tell you exactly where they were that day at that exact time they heard the news. It was at a recent holiday party that this subject came up and I listened to my grandfather tell me his exact location on that day 40 years ago. "I was on lunch break at work when me and a few friends went down to a bar down the street." I could pick out the exact barstool I was sitting in till this day he told me with passion. For me I remember very vaguely of my 75 year old 2nd grade teacher telling us all to sit on the rug and and explain to a bunch of 8 year olds that America was attacked by terrorists. Going over these 4 pages of different tattoos of that dreadful day shows me how proud I should be of the nation I live in. all these tattoos have different artistic meaning but they all are for September 11th and they all show patriotism. These pictures of these tattoos make me smile and it makes me proud to be an American.

High School Cafeterias

Finishing 8^th grade and starting high school is a real milestone for any child. For myself it was all that and more. I was leaving public school and starting fresh at a private school. One that I knew only a few friends who were attending with me and a cousin I saw only every Christmas it was safe to say I didn’t know what to expect. No one knew my family name, I didn’t have a brother who attended before me to make a name for our family good or bad it was a total fresh start. All my good friends were all taking off in different directions whether it be public catholic or private school. One of my biggest fears was who I was going to eat lunch with truly. Luckily I made the freshman football team and for the first few weeks we all got along together and helped each other out adjusting to this new environment they call high school. I 100 percent understand what Emily White is describing in her short essay about high school cafeterias. Luckily I found my friends through an extracurricular activity but it was set up as certain groups sat at certain tables and certain grades sat in different locations throughout the cafeteria. It’s not just in Seattle or at my high school its everywhere.