I was 14 when I tore my meniscus and ACL, I remember going into Dr. Gregory Mellitus office and being in awe that he was the road doctor for the hockey team the San Jose Sharks. I had read up on him that my favorite hockey players, with the same injuries as mine, where back on the ice in as little as 6-8 weeks. My situation proved to be more difficult and traumatic. I had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and remember every time I would open my eyes I would be nauseated. The surgeon came and rotated my leg which made me scream in pain. Needless to say I went into shock that night and had to be taken back to the hospital in an ambulance. The first day of physical therapy a week later was shear torture. I wasn’t able to bear weight on my leg for 3 months. The first time walking was excruciatingly painful. My muscles locked up and had atrophy. Rebuilding muscle just to walk was a challenge. I remember grabbing the handrails and being exhausted after only 2 steps.
When I turned fifteen years old I was told by my parents that I had to start paying for everything by myself. I did not have a job then so I had to go out and look for one and after about a month of searching I finally landed a seasonal job at Pacsun in Ontario Mills. Throughout the process of looking for a job I learned what the managers were looking for and how to present myself in a positive way to catch the eye of the managers and make them remember me. While I was working at Pacsun I learned how to sell and hot to manage other people’s money. After working at Pacsun I applied to California Fish Grill in Upland to get a feel for what it would be like to work at a restaurant instead of retail. I learned that I hated it and I learned what I was looking for when I look for a job and how appearances really do matter whether you are trying to keep or land a job. Now I work at Tilly’s in Upland and I honestly enjoy my job and has been the best I have so far because of what I have learned throughout my past work experiences.
I was about 3 years old when I learned to count to 10. I was enrolled in preschool and every morning the teacher would start off asking every kid how many numbers they could count on a little chart she had stapled on a wall. The class all sat on the floor in a circle in alphabetical order according to your last name. when it was my turn to count from 1 to 10 I remember looking at the number chart and only knowing number 1-3. It took me a while to learn the other numbers. A few days later the teacher asked me to “count the numbers on the chart”, with time I was able to learn the numbers and I counted from 1-10.
When I was 10 years old, I learned how to cook an egg, which resulted in me learning how to cook a broad variety of food as well. One day after school in the 5th grade, I came home and was very hungry from the day’s activities. Unfortunately, my parents weren’t home so I had no way of getting food up to that point, since I was so used to my mom being home to make me something. I decided that I was old enough to cook for myself, and took on the challenge of becoming a chef. I started with what I knew, which was how to turn on the stove. I didn’t know much besides that, so I left the stove on and went upstairs to look on YouTube how to cook an egg. After consulting the all mighty knowledge of the internet, I ran downstairs and proceeded to follow the instructions. I remember sitting down and taking a forkful of my eggs and putting them into my mouth, and thinking “this is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted”. I later realized I had accidentally used bacon grease to oil the pan instead of canola oil, and attempted to make an egg the next day which turned out halfway decent. Now I’m an egg master.
As a child I used to love watching the television show ER with my mom. It was the one thing she would let me stay up late to do. We were a very active family we went camping, rode dirt bikes, and played various sports. Through all of those activities someone was always hurt. When it came time for me to decide a career path I wanted to be a doctor like on the t.v. show ER. I then learned about all the education and time it takes to become a doctor and was not interested in that at all. In exploring other possible things I could do I found about emergency medical technicians.
One of my most memorable time of my life is when I graduated from The American red cross as a Cna. I graduated December of 2014 and started my first job in febuary of 2015. So far being a certified nurse assistant has brought me a great load of experience for my future career in the medical field. I get to interact with patients and know their story.
When I was 17 years old, I used to learn how to drive by an instructor. I remember when he taught when is the time to change the oil, how to notice when something isn’t working very well. Then, he taught me how to turn on the car, he also learned me the meaning of the sign that are in streets. By age 18 I was able to get my driving license. I didn’t drive for a year, then I came here, streets here were different from my country, so my husband had to learn me again how to drive here in the US. Finally, now I am able to drive by myself.
During the summer before I entered my senior year in high school I began to go to the gym, although I took it more seriously than typical gym-goers. The gym that I went to was called Retro Fitness, I signed up there because that’s where my cousin signed up and he was the one that helped guide me through what I should do and also what I shouldn’t do, that way I didn’t end up hurting myself. He also showed me pretty much everything that I needed to know, everything from having good form during the exercises to having good nutrition.
At the age of 11, the year was 2004 when I was hired at my first official job. I was employed at Crockett and Sons plumbing as a Plumbers apprentice. I was the youngest employee in the establishment. I was granted the opportunity by a family member of mine. What encouraged me to get this job was my current living situation at the time. I was living in a single parent household and we didn’t always have money in excess, so every single dollar at the time had mattered. I was employed with that company from 2004 to 2009 before I had transitioned onto my next job. As a young man for me it was one of the best experiences i could have asked for.
At 18 I got my first job. I had made a comment to my mom how I wanted a beach cruiser. Not certain as to why I wanted that type of bike considering how I don’t live near a beach and the drive to one was about 40 to 50 minutes. She had told me that if I wanted it I would have to get it on my own since I had just graduated and it was time for me to learn how to buy things with my own money. I knew she was not going to budge on this and I figured she was right and earning my own money would benefit me in many ways. Not only would I be able to purchase my bike but also other things I may want in the future.
Learning how to become independent is something everyone has to learn one time or another in their life. I learned how to be independent on June 23rd 2016, that was the day I got my first apartment with my boyfriend. I left the nest, it was a very big step for me considering I haven’t lived on my own before but I was jumping from living with my family who supported my every need to living with my boyfriend. Having to live with someone I have never lived with before learning their small corks and things they do that drives you crazy, things you never had to deal with before is a challenge. After a few months you get the hang of managing your money and remembering when your bills are due, and learning how to live with someone.
i was born a first generation Mexican-American and I hold the position of being the oldest of my siblings. I learned to accept the fact that I am teacher of my family. My experiences were always tougher than my siblings because I had to learn almost everything myself since I didn’t have someone to look up to. My parents struggled to help me a lot in school since they never went onto high school. I grew up always frustrated that my brother always caught up to things quicker than I did and my sister had me to ask questions and learn from me. I learned how to become independent and try my best to set the best example for my siblings and parents.
Growing up, I always wanted to be a cheerleader. In 2004, I was seven years old and my parents put me in cheerleading for the city of Covina CA. I also was in a tumbling class which made cheer easier for me. I started out in the youngest division and as I grew up I stayed in cheer and moved up to the highest division then joined cheerleading for my high school. I took a break from cheerleading for a year and tried softball but that wasn’t for me so I went back into cheer and didn’t stop until my senior year of high school.
The most exiting memory that I remember from my childhood Is learning to ride a quad. I was 5 years old and had no idea what I was doing. I Always thought I was tough and one of the guys until the first time I got on a bike, it was so scary because I didn’t know what to expect. My dad was the one that taught me to ride and showed me everything I needed to know. Eventually I progressed to a bigger quad with more power. The hardest part was learning how to use a clutch. Over time, just like everything else it does eventually get easier and your able to take your knowledge and expand it whether its riding a bike or fixing something on it. I love being able to look back years later and see how much my skill and love for riding quads has progressed. My favorite place to go is Glamis because of the dunes, there like roller coasters except you get to control the ride (for the most part).
Growing up in a small family my parents always used to tell me to never give up on what im learning or put my mind too. As time went on I started my first job at 16 and coming into it I already knew it was going to be a challenge by the looks of the employees faces while at work. After working for In-N-Out for almost a year its finally time for me to learn how to prepare the food for its quality and speed. This is a recent struggle I’ve been going through lately because I recently became a level 4 which is preparing fries, working at a fast food restaurant seems easy but In-N-Out is different because we sell almost three thousand burgers a day along with fries. The first week I was on fries I would always get kicked off and yelled at because I was slow but overtime I learned certain techniques to stay ahead. I am now one of the best level 4’s and am currently working on my 5 and I hope I can manage it like I did before, not even just at work but with any literacy’s that come along my life.
When I was in the 6th grade, I started in my first band elective at Heritage Intermediate School. I originally wanted to play the clarinet because that’s the instrument my mom played throughout her middle school and high school career. During my first couple of weeks in the band, I found that I didn’t really enjoy playing the clarinet. I hated the sound and the way it played in general and I decided that if I were to continue in band, I would have to change the instrument I played or have to quit. One day during class, our instructor introduced different instruments that we could potently learn to play in the class and the French horn was one of these instruments. That was the day I decided to ditch the clarinet and learn how to play the most challenging brass instrument to master. I continued to play the French horn throughout my middle school and high school career.
I learned how to drive at the age of 11. I remember I was playing on my cousin’s PlayStation and he had a racing game with a steering wheel, gas and brake pedal, and gears attached to it. I remember instead of racing I would drive as nice as I could, stopping and merging when I was supposed to. After I finished the race in last place I thought I did great so I figured I could drive like that in real life. I grabbed my mom’s car keys because I knew she was distracted, and I got in the car and drove around the block and took it out to the streets. I started getting nervous when I got to the 4-way stop sign because I didn’t know when to go, but then I just followed after the car next to me and got through it. I got bad anxiety right after that, so I just slowed down and tried my best to park on the side of the street. I ended up scraping the tires on the side of the street.
When I was 8 years old I got to taste chlorine water not because I wanted too, but because I was learning how to swim. I started in a big pool, filled with people, lots of people. I was afraid of drowning. As the months past, I started progressing, getting in the water by myself and being able to float on my back without sinking. I loved being in the water after that. A year into it and they offered me to join San Diego’s cities young league swimming team, and of course my parents said yes. My first year my team won 3rd place, not bad at all. I stood in the team for 3 years after that and sadly I didn’t continue as I got older.
I started to learn to cook and bake around at a really young age. I remember she would have me stand on a chair and watch her prepare the food. I was able to get hands on experience when she baked a cake, cookies, or even some brownies. The smell when the brownies or cookies would come out of the oven was always mouthwatering. The most challenging pastry to learn was how to make was empanadas. Throughout my learning experience there were lots of trial and error in making empanadas. The most difficult part for me was learning when the dough was ready.
When I was 12 years old I discovered I loved baking. I would make simple things like cakes, cupcakes, and cheesecakes but I would make them out of scratch. Throughout the years I started to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cheesecakes. My parents wanted to make business cards for me but I was discouraged because my writing was awful but I continued to work on my writing and started to make cakes for special occasions but I would only do it for family.
At the age of 18 I moved out of my parent’s house. I quickly discovered that the adult life wasn’t as simple as I had imagined it to be. The money I was earning from my job was no longer spending money. That money became rent money, utility money, car insurance money and bill money. I opened up a checking account and quickly learned to balance a check book. I earned that living and adult independent life was expensive. I no longer had extra spending money to go shopping, go to restaurants or go to the movies.
At the age of ten I learned how to cook A egg. It was Mother’s Day and I was determined to make my mother some breakfast. And so I went to the fridge grabbed an egg cracked it and put it in the pan. I quickly learned something was off as it had begun to get stuck. So I freaked out and scrapped it off. At that moment I remembered that it was missing oil so I went to the pantry and grabbed the oil and poured a pool of it into the pan. As I saw my intellectual genius was on a role I proceeded to crack the egg and cooked it. I put a mountain of salt and decided it was done. I quickly ran up the stairs and fed it to my mother. She proceeded to eat it and said she loved it and it was the best breakfast ever. Looking back on it now I know she was a liar an probably had a really bad egg.
The first job I held was being a car valet when I was 16 years old. At the time I was desperate to earn enough money to buy a car, because I lived really far from my high school I was forced to use public transportation in order to get to school and it would literally take me about an hour and half in order to go back and forth from school to my parent house. When I applied for the Valet job I lied on the application that I knew how to drive manual transmission. Luckily all of the cars in the first 3 weeks where automatics so no problems until then. However, on my 4th week a red manual Mazda Miata came in and I was forced to learned how to drive manual transmission. It took me about 30min to learn on the fly how to drive the car enough to move it from the front of the hotel and park it in the parking lot. After that as other manual car came in I got better and better driving manual cars. No one from my work ever knew that I did not know how to drive a manual transmission when I started.
In 2005, on a Sunday afternoon my mom notices me outside catching a football and she thought to herself man he is good. So she took me to go sign up for football the next day. That is when I learned to play football. My coaches immediately respected me cause how big I was so I was already starting on the first day.
When I was ten years old I joined the softball team for the city. That was my first sport that I played, until My freshman year in high school I tried out for the volleyball team and the very first day I found out that I made the volleyball team. It was a hard sport especially that it was my first time playing. I struggled a lot and we had to learn a lot of techniques, we had to learned the steps and how to spike. I got the hang of it and started loving the sport. I made captain my freshman year. My sophomore year I tried out for the basketball team because I wanted to learn how to play a new sport. As I was playing I found out that it was a very competitive sport and really aggressive so I only played until my junior year. I stayed in volleyball till my senior year. I am now still playing volleyball in Chaffey college and it was a very good experience for me.
When did you learn to cook? Unlike most people I learned at age 13. Soon after i started cooking alone, it all began with helping out my mother in the kitchen. I would watch her and incorporate my ideas and my taste buds to her recipes. As time went on and I learned more, my mom stopped cooking. I had to start taking over that responsibility and cook for not just myself but for my three siblings and both my parents. At first it was hard because I only knew some things , also had to struggle with not burning myself. Their are so many things you need to know when cooking, what utensils to use , what pan , how much of this seasonal , so much time and dedication it takes to make sure you come out with good tasting meal. It took a while but I eventually learned how too cook well and never gotten any complaints on my food.
From being born since 1992 from 2017 your kind of learn each and every day new things about yourself. From the smallest little things to the most noticeable. When things started changing in my life was when I did notice around my senior year in high school class of 2010. I knew I wanted to better myself in my education and creatively. After graduating Chaffey High School, I came to Chaffey College. At first I didn’t know what I wanted to major in but I knew it will be something I’ll enjoy doing if I just go to school and better my knowledge. From starting college from present time now I’ve learned I had to be in school and not take any semesters off. I’ve learned now my major and what my goal in life is. I’ve learned I want to own a buy and sell trade clothing store with my sister and expand our business locally and major downtown areas. Soon I know my goal will be reached once I get the right education I need and achieve my degrees later on in the future.
At the age of 18 i got my first job at a car dealership. It was a pretty simple job but it required standing and moving around for 8 hours. I was a spotter. Being a spotter you have to keep track of the customers that come in and keep track of what salesmen talked to the customer. I would also have to write the time the customer came in. It seemed like a pretty simple job and it was . There was a lot of learning involved with the job even though it was really simple. It required knowing if the customer is gonna buy a car or already had an appointment with a salesmen. It was a good environment working at a car dealership because it was always a learning process.
I had been playing softball since I was about five or six years old. At the age of twelve, one of my coaches wanted me to start hitting on the left side of the batting box since I was a fast runner he thought it would benefit me. At first, all he would make me hit off the tee just so that I could get used to swinging from the left side. As I was getting more comfortable with swinging on the left side and making contact by using the tee, he started soft tossing the ball to me. I would do this one on one with him at the end of regular practices. I then started going to a private hitting instructor at The Dugout.
I got my first job when I was 18 years old. I remember trying really hard to get a job for a few years starting at when I was about 16 and I never got hired anywhere. I started thinking I wasn’t getting hired anywhere because my first impression wasn’t the best when trying to work my social skills. My social skills came from my siblings, also my parents. I learned better social skills from my siblings because we grew up speaking two languages, my parents only speak one. Since English is my dominate language I better learned my manners, how to ask questions, how to listen, how to understand, and overall how to talk and work with another person or stranger. Once I strengthened my social skills I was able to get my first job at little Caesars.
I got my first job at taco bell. This was an excellent experience because this job taught me excellent communication skills. My manager Erica was the best manager I have ever had. I saw how passionate she was and that taught me how to be more passionate about work. I have always struggled with initiating a conversation with another person and Erica taught me how to speak to another person without fear. For example if I spoke to someone and they didn’t answer I would have to repeat myself and this was just to make sure they heard me if they didn’t the first time and this always most of the time worked. Since then I have never really been scared to talk to another person again.
I was 14 when I tore my meniscus and ACL, I remember going into Dr. Gregory Mellitus office and being in awe that he was the road doctor for the hockey team the San Jose Sharks. I had read up on him that my favorite hockey players, with the same injuries as mine, where back on the ice in as little as 6-8 weeks. My situation proved to be more difficult and traumatic. I had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and remember every time I would open my eyes I would be nauseated. The surgeon came and rotated my leg which made me scream in pain. Needless to say I went into shock that night and had to be taken back to the hospital in an ambulance. The first day of physical therapy a week later was shear torture. I wasn’t able to bear weight on my leg for 3 months. The first time walking was excruciatingly painful. My muscles locked up and had atrophy. Rebuilding muscle just to walk was a challenge. I remember grabbing the handrails and being exhausted after only 2 steps.
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When I turned fifteen years old I was told by my parents that I had to start paying for everything by myself. I did not have a job then so I had to go out and look for one and after about a month of searching I finally landed a seasonal job at Pacsun in Ontario Mills. Throughout the process of looking for a job I learned what the managers were looking for and how to present myself in a positive way to catch the eye of the managers and make them remember me. While I was working at Pacsun I learned how to sell and hot to manage other people’s money. After working at Pacsun I applied to California Fish Grill in Upland to get a feel for what it would be like to work at a restaurant instead of retail. I learned that I hated it and I learned what I was looking for when I look for a job and how appearances really do matter whether you are trying to keep or land a job. Now I work at Tilly’s in Upland and I honestly enjoy my job and has been the best I have so far because of what I have learned throughout my past work experiences.
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I was about 3 years old when I learned to count to 10. I was enrolled in preschool and every morning the teacher would start off asking every kid how many numbers they could count on a little chart she had stapled on a wall. The class all sat on the floor in a circle in alphabetical order according to your last name. when it was my turn to count from 1 to 10 I remember looking at the number chart and only knowing number 1-3. It took me a while to learn the other numbers. A few days later the teacher asked me to “count the numbers on the chart”, with time I was able to learn the numbers and I counted from 1-10.
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When I was 10 years old, I learned how to cook an egg, which resulted in me learning how to cook a broad variety of food as well. One day after school in the 5th grade, I came home and was very hungry from the day’s activities. Unfortunately, my parents weren’t home so I had no way of getting food up to that point, since I was so used to my mom being home to make me something. I decided that I was old enough to cook for myself, and took on the challenge of becoming a chef. I started with what I knew, which was how to turn on the stove. I didn’t know much besides that, so I left the stove on and went upstairs to look on YouTube how to cook an egg. After consulting the all mighty knowledge of the internet, I ran downstairs and proceeded to follow the instructions. I remember sitting down and taking a forkful of my eggs and putting them into my mouth, and thinking “this is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted”. I later realized I had accidentally used bacon grease to oil the pan instead of canola oil, and attempted to make an egg the next day which turned out halfway decent. Now I’m an egg master.
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As a child I used to love watching the television show ER with my mom. It was the one thing she would let me stay up late to do. We were a very active family we went camping, rode dirt bikes, and played various sports. Through all of those activities someone was always hurt. When it came time for me to decide a career path I wanted to be a doctor like on the t.v. show ER. I then learned about all the education and time it takes to become a doctor and was not interested in that at all. In exploring other possible things I could do I found about emergency medical technicians.
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One of my most memorable time of my life is when I graduated from The American red cross as a Cna. I graduated December of 2014 and started my first job in febuary of 2015. So far being a certified nurse assistant has brought me a great load of experience for my future career in the medical field. I get to interact with patients and know their story.
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When I was 17 years old, I used to learn how to drive by an instructor. I remember when he taught when is the time to change the oil, how to notice when something isn’t working very well. Then, he taught me how to turn on the car, he also learned me the meaning of the sign that are in streets. By age 18 I was able to get my driving license. I didn’t drive for a year, then I came here, streets here were different from my country, so my husband had to learn me again how to drive here in the US. Finally, now I am able to drive by myself.
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During the summer before I entered my senior year in high school I began to go to the gym, although I took it more seriously than typical gym-goers. The gym that I went to was called Retro Fitness, I signed up there because that’s where my cousin signed up and he was the one that helped guide me through what I should do and also what I shouldn’t do, that way I didn’t end up hurting myself. He also showed me pretty much everything that I needed to know, everything from having good form during the exercises to having good nutrition.
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At the age of 11, the year was 2004 when I was hired at my first official job. I was employed at Crockett and Sons plumbing as a Plumbers apprentice. I was the youngest employee in the establishment. I was granted the opportunity by a family member of mine. What encouraged me to get this job was my current living situation at the time. I was living in a single parent household and we didn’t always have money in excess, so every single dollar at the time had mattered. I was employed with that company from 2004 to 2009 before I had transitioned onto my next job. As a young man for me it was one of the best experiences i could have asked for.
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At 18 I got my first job. I had made a comment to my mom how I wanted a beach cruiser. Not certain as to why I wanted that type of bike considering how I don’t live near a beach and the drive to one was about 40 to 50 minutes. She had told me that if I wanted it I would have to get it on my own since I had just graduated and it was time for me to learn how to buy things with my own money. I knew she was not going to budge on this and I figured she was right and earning my own money would benefit me in many ways. Not only would I be able to purchase my bike but also other things I may want in the future.
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Learning how to become independent is something everyone has to learn one time or another in their life. I learned how to be independent on June 23rd 2016, that was the day I got my first apartment with my boyfriend. I left the nest, it was a very big step for me considering I haven’t lived on my own before but I was jumping from living with my family who supported my every need to living with my boyfriend. Having to live with someone I have never lived with before learning their small corks and things they do that drives you crazy, things you never had to deal with before is a challenge. After a few months you get the hang of managing your money and remembering when your bills are due, and learning how to live with someone.
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i was born a first generation Mexican-American and I hold the position of being the oldest of my siblings. I learned to accept the fact that I am teacher of my family. My experiences were always tougher than my siblings because I had to learn almost everything myself since I didn’t have someone to look up to. My parents struggled to help me a lot in school since they never went onto high school. I grew up always frustrated that my brother always caught up to things quicker than I did and my sister had me to ask questions and learn from me. I learned how to become independent and try my best to set the best example for my siblings and parents.
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Growing up, I always wanted to be a cheerleader. In 2004, I was seven years old and my parents put me in cheerleading for the city of Covina CA. I also was in a tumbling class which made cheer easier for me. I started out in the youngest division and as I grew up I stayed in cheer and moved up to the highest division then joined cheerleading for my high school. I took a break from cheerleading for a year and tried softball but that wasn’t for me so I went back into cheer and didn’t stop until my senior year of high school.
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The most exiting memory that I remember from my childhood Is learning to ride a quad. I was 5 years old and had no idea what I was doing. I Always thought I was tough and one of the guys until the first time I got on a bike, it was so scary because I didn’t know what to expect. My dad was the one that taught me to ride and showed me everything I needed to know. Eventually I progressed to a bigger quad with more power. The hardest part was learning how to use a clutch. Over time, just like everything else it does eventually get easier and your able to take your knowledge and expand it whether its riding a bike or fixing something on it. I love being able to look back years later and see how much my skill and love for riding quads has progressed. My favorite place to go is Glamis because of the dunes, there like roller coasters except you get to control the ride (for the most part).
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Growing up in a small family my parents always used to tell me to never give up on what im learning or put my mind too. As time went on I started my first job at 16 and coming into it I already knew it was going to be a challenge by the looks of the employees faces while at work. After working for In-N-Out for almost a year its finally time for me to learn how to prepare the food for its quality and speed. This is a recent struggle I’ve been going through lately because I recently became a level 4 which is preparing fries, working at a fast food restaurant seems easy but In-N-Out is different because we sell almost three thousand burgers a day along with fries. The first week I was on fries I would always get kicked off and yelled at because I was slow but overtime I learned certain techniques to stay ahead. I am now one of the best level 4’s and am currently working on my 5 and I hope I can manage it like I did before, not even just at work but with any literacy’s that come along my life.
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When I was in the 6th grade, I started in my first band elective at Heritage Intermediate School. I originally wanted to play the clarinet because that’s the instrument my mom played throughout her middle school and high school career. During my first couple of weeks in the band, I found that I didn’t really enjoy playing the clarinet. I hated the sound and the way it played in general and I decided that if I were to continue in band, I would have to change the instrument I played or have to quit. One day during class, our instructor introduced different instruments that we could potently learn to play in the class and the French horn was one of these instruments. That was the day I decided to ditch the clarinet and learn how to play the most challenging brass instrument to master. I continued to play the French horn throughout my middle school and high school career.
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I learned how to drive at the age of 11. I remember I was playing on my cousin’s PlayStation and he had a racing game with a steering wheel, gas and brake pedal, and gears attached to it. I remember instead of racing I would drive as nice as I could, stopping and merging when I was supposed to. After I finished the race in last place I thought I did great so I figured I could drive like that in real life. I grabbed my mom’s car keys because I knew she was distracted, and I got in the car and drove around the block and took it out to the streets. I started getting nervous when I got to the 4-way stop sign because I didn’t know when to go, but then I just followed after the car next to me and got through it. I got bad anxiety right after that, so I just slowed down and tried my best to park on the side of the street. I ended up scraping the tires on the side of the street.
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When I was 8 years old I got to taste chlorine water not because I wanted too, but because I was learning how to swim. I started in a big pool, filled with people, lots of people. I was afraid of drowning. As the months past, I started progressing, getting in the water by myself and being able to float on my back without sinking. I loved being in the water after that. A year into it and they offered me to join San Diego’s cities young league swimming team, and of course my parents said yes. My first year my team won 3rd place, not bad at all. I stood in the team for 3 years after that and sadly I didn’t continue as I got older.
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I started to learn to cook and bake around at a really young age. I remember she would have me stand on a chair and watch her prepare the food. I was able to get hands on experience when she baked a cake, cookies, or even some brownies. The smell when the brownies or cookies would come out of the oven was always mouthwatering. The most challenging pastry to learn was how to make was empanadas. Throughout my learning experience there were lots of trial and error in making empanadas. The most difficult part for me was learning when the dough was ready.
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When I was 12 years old I discovered I loved baking. I would make simple things like cakes, cupcakes, and cheesecakes but I would make them out of scratch. Throughout the years I started to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cheesecakes. My parents wanted to make business cards for me but I was discouraged because my writing was awful but I continued to work on my writing and started to make cakes for special occasions but I would only do it for family.
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At the age of 18 I moved out of my parent’s house. I quickly discovered that the adult life wasn’t as simple as I had imagined it to be. The money I was earning from my job was no longer spending money. That money became rent money, utility money, car insurance money and bill money. I opened up a checking account and quickly learned to balance a check book. I earned that living and adult independent life was expensive. I no longer had extra spending money to go shopping, go to restaurants or go to the movies.
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At the age of ten I learned how to cook A egg. It was Mother’s Day and I was determined to make my mother some breakfast. And so I went to the fridge grabbed an egg cracked it and put it in the pan. I quickly learned something was off as it had begun to get stuck. So I freaked out and scrapped it off. At that moment I remembered that it was missing oil so I went to the pantry and grabbed the oil and poured a pool of it into the pan. As I saw my intellectual genius was on a role I proceeded to crack the egg and cooked it. I put a mountain of salt and decided it was done. I quickly ran up the stairs and fed it to my mother. She proceeded to eat it and said she loved it and it was the best breakfast ever. Looking back on it now I know she was a liar an probably had a really bad egg.
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The first job I held was being a car valet when I was 16 years old. At the time I was desperate to earn enough money to buy a car, because I lived really far from my high school I was forced to use public transportation in order to get to school and it would literally take me about an hour and half in order to go back and forth from school to my parent house. When I applied for the Valet job I lied on the application that I knew how to drive manual transmission. Luckily all of the cars in the first 3 weeks where automatics so no problems until then. However, on my 4th week a red manual Mazda Miata came in and I was forced to learned how to drive manual transmission. It took me about 30min to learn on the fly how to drive the car enough to move it from the front of the hotel and park it in the parking lot. After that as other manual car came in I got better and better driving manual cars. No one from my work ever knew that I did not know how to drive a manual transmission when I started.
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In 2005, on a Sunday afternoon my mom notices me outside catching a football and she thought to herself man he is good. So she took me to go sign up for football the next day. That is when I learned to play football. My coaches immediately respected me cause how big I was so I was already starting on the first day.
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When I was ten years old I joined the softball team for the city. That was my first sport that I played, until My freshman year in high school I tried out for the volleyball team and the very first day I found out that I made the volleyball team. It was a hard sport especially that it was my first time playing. I struggled a lot and we had to learn a lot of techniques, we had to learned the steps and how to spike. I got the hang of it and started loving the sport. I made captain my freshman year. My sophomore year I tried out for the basketball team because I wanted to learn how to play a new sport. As I was playing I found out that it was a very competitive sport and really aggressive so I only played until my junior year. I stayed in volleyball till my senior year. I am now still playing volleyball in Chaffey college and it was a very good experience for me.
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When did you learn to cook? Unlike most people I learned at age 13. Soon after i started cooking alone, it all began with helping out my mother in the kitchen. I would watch her and incorporate my ideas and my taste buds to her recipes. As time went on and I learned more, my mom stopped cooking. I had to start taking over that responsibility and cook for not just myself but for my three siblings and both my parents. At first it was hard because I only knew some things , also had to struggle with not burning myself. Their are so many things you need to know when cooking, what utensils to use , what pan , how much of this seasonal , so much time and dedication it takes to make sure you come out with good tasting meal. It took a while but I eventually learned how too cook well and never gotten any complaints on my food.
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From being born since 1992 from 2017 your kind of learn each and every day new things about yourself. From the smallest little things to the most noticeable. When things started changing in my life was when I did notice around my senior year in high school class of 2010. I knew I wanted to better myself in my education and creatively. After graduating Chaffey High School, I came to Chaffey College. At first I didn’t know what I wanted to major in but I knew it will be something I’ll enjoy doing if I just go to school and better my knowledge. From starting college from present time now I’ve learned I had to be in school and not take any semesters off. I’ve learned now my major and what my goal in life is. I’ve learned I want to own a buy and sell trade clothing store with my sister and expand our business locally and major downtown areas. Soon I know my goal will be reached once I get the right education I need and achieve my degrees later on in the future.
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At the age of 18 i got my first job at a car dealership. It was a pretty simple job but it required standing and moving around for 8 hours. I was a spotter. Being a spotter you have to keep track of the customers that come in and keep track of what salesmen talked to the customer. I would also have to write the time the customer came in. It seemed like a pretty simple job and it was . There was a lot of learning involved with the job even though it was really simple. It required knowing if the customer is gonna buy a car or already had an appointment with a salesmen. It was a good environment working at a car dealership because it was always a learning process.
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I had been playing softball since I was about five or six years old. At the age of twelve, one of my coaches wanted me to start hitting on the left side of the batting box since I was a fast runner he thought it would benefit me. At first, all he would make me hit off the tee just so that I could get used to swinging from the left side. As I was getting more comfortable with swinging on the left side and making contact by using the tee, he started soft tossing the ball to me. I would do this one on one with him at the end of regular practices. I then started going to a private hitting instructor at The Dugout.
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I got my first job when I was 18 years old. I remember trying really hard to get a job for a few years starting at when I was about 16 and I never got hired anywhere. I started thinking I wasn’t getting hired anywhere because my first impression wasn’t the best when trying to work my social skills. My social skills came from my siblings, also my parents. I learned better social skills from my siblings because we grew up speaking two languages, my parents only speak one. Since English is my dominate language I better learned my manners, how to ask questions, how to listen, how to understand, and overall how to talk and work with another person or stranger. Once I strengthened my social skills I was able to get my first job at little Caesars.
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I got my first job at taco bell. This was an excellent experience because this job taught me excellent communication skills. My manager Erica was the best manager I have ever had. I saw how passionate she was and that taught me how to be more passionate about work. I have always struggled with initiating a conversation with another person and Erica taught me how to speak to another person without fear. For example if I spoke to someone and they didn’t answer I would have to repeat myself and this was just to make sure they heard me if they didn’t the first time and this always most of the time worked. Since then I have never really been scared to talk to another person again.
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