-Tony here
...working with the public is something that all of us have to do in our lives at one point or another. Its a rarity when your first jobs dont have something to do with the public. I work two jobs at panera bread and also at a family owned ice cream shop; both of which require a good amount of people skills to even sustain your spot in the place. From my family and from both of my jobs I have learned these people skills. From these I have learned how I see other people around me. This is something I think a lot of teens my age have issues dealing with. It's something that requires both an acquired maturity level and the humility that can only be learned within oneself. There is no way to force yourself into these, but there is definitely a way to work towards this goal.
I watched a video the other day that sparked my interest towards this subject. My head boss at panera bread is proudly gay, and has continually taught me life lessons in her crude but humble humor. We were talking just the other day about how people my age are so exclusive towards people that they think they are superior to. And as the conversation proceeded the reoccurring question came to the both of us, "who the hell has the right to decide whether someone should be excluded from a certain group?"
Entering high school with a good head on my shoulder and a high maturity level has taught me many more lessons than those that I would learn in a textbook. I've watched friends become enemies, and I've hesitantly welcomed past enemies as friends. But the biggest thing I've been able to change about myself and learn more about is the idea of acceptance and the way that I look at other people. That girl walking down the hall by me, holding her stack of books, long messy black hair, dark makeup and red scars on her arms...she has her troubles. Shes going through rough times too, and hey maybe shes in a worse spot than I've ever thought to be, but how could I know that? How can one look at a person that they've never spoken to in their life, that they don't know a damn thing about, and make an immediate judgment that they are better than that person? We're all no better than the next person.
...working with the public is something that all of us have to do in our lives at one point or another. Its a rarity when your first jobs dont have something to do with the public. I work two jobs at panera bread and also at a family owned ice cream shop; both of which require a good amount of people skills to even sustain your spot in the place. From my family and from both of my jobs I have learned these people skills. From these I have learned how I see other people around me. This is something I think a lot of teens my age have issues dealing with. It's something that requires both an acquired maturity level and the humility that can only be learned within oneself. There is no way to force yourself into these, but there is definitely a way to work towards this goal.
I watched a video the other day that sparked my interest towards this subject. My head boss at panera bread is proudly gay, and has continually taught me life lessons in her crude but humble humor. We were talking just the other day about how people my age are so exclusive towards people that they think they are superior to. And as the conversation proceeded the reoccurring question came to the both of us, "who the hell has the right to decide whether someone should be excluded from a certain group?"
Entering high school with a good head on my shoulder and a high maturity level has taught me many more lessons than those that I would learn in a textbook. I've watched friends become enemies, and I've hesitantly welcomed past enemies as friends. But the biggest thing I've been able to change about myself and learn more about is the idea of acceptance and the way that I look at other people. That girl walking down the hall by me, holding her stack of books, long messy black hair, dark makeup and red scars on her arms...she has her troubles. Shes going through rough times too, and hey maybe shes in a worse spot than I've ever thought to be, but how could I know that? How can one look at a person that they've never spoken to in their life, that they don't know a damn thing about, and make an immediate judgment that they are better than that person? We're all no better than the next person.
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