My Work Life

One of the responsibilities that I really enjoy at work is when I scoop ice-cream for customers. A disadvantage about scooping ice-cream is that it is sometimes too hard for a human being to scoop, so we have to take some of the ice-cream out to let it melt a little. Some of my other responsibilities are making drinks, topping the ice-cream, and cleaning the department at the end of the day.

My primary responsibility is scooping ice-cream. We aren't assigned a primary responsibility. Anyone in the department can scoop, top (topping ice-cream), or run (making drinks). I like scooping the most. I don't really like running and topping the ice-cream because I'm slower at it than scooping.

I don't think that the impotent skills I have learned from Ghirardelli will help me in the internship; however, I always try to find ways to improve myself. For example, I try to memorize an order by looking at it once, so I can remember things better. Another example that would not relate to the tech skills is that I think of my job as a workout. I was a supervisor a few times, so I was able to gain some skills, but I still need to work on them. Some of the skills I have gained is being a leader, and managing time/work area. When I was a supervisor, I had to tell some people what to do instead of standing around, and I had to make sure everyone is working and sending them on break on time.

One lesson that I have learned while I was working is to listen to feedback. Everyone in my department has a different way of topping the ice-cream, scooping, or making drinks. Sometimes I did something wrong, so I had to ask the supervisor or manager the right way to do it. Another lesson that I have learned is to always work harder than others. I am a benevolent person. Whenever one my co-workers need help, I always help them.

Nonfiction Book Review

In the book "Freakonomics", the authors write about other views that some people had never even thought of. I think the authors wrote this book to let the readers have a different point of view about a topic.

A passage that left an impression is when the crime rates lowered because of abortion. I never thought abortion would be a huge impact on lowering crime rates. After reading the book, I had a different point of view.

The chapter that inspired the most discussion in the group as well as the class is the chapter about a child's name. Some of my group members thought it was funny to name your child "Cheeseburger" or “Loser”. We had no idea why a parent would give their child those kinds of name out of all the ubiquitous names. We had a class discussion about it, and the class also didn’t know why a parent would give their child those kinds of name.

I don’t usually read. The book was written in a way that I would understand; however, there were a lot of terms that I’m unfamiliar with. The language did make me lose a little interest because I didn’t know what the authors were trying to convey unless I look up the definition. I didn’t really bother looking up the definition because I read slow, and I didn’t want to waste time looking for the definition. The unfamiliar terms weren’t really explained; however, the authors gave plenty of examples to give me a better understanding of the chapter.

Yes, I would recommend this book to anyone in the college level. I hate reading, but I enjoyed this book. After joining Year Up, I always want to learn more. It might be because I’m changing the way I think. I think reading is important for me because I can learn a lot from it. I recommend this book to college level students because it might be too hard for high school students to understand because of the terms the authors used.

Process of Reading

The only annotation I did when I read was highlighting the words that I wasn’t familiar with. I am planning to find out what the words mean after I finish the book, and reread the whole book again, so I get a better understanding of what the book is about. In order to remember the definitions of the words, I will use a post-it note, and write down the word and concise definition.
 

I didn't ask questions or comment on sentences because I feel like that slows me down when I read. If I put my time into reading, I would annotate it fully. To me, annotating fully means to highlight the words that I’m not familiar with, ask questions or comment about a passage, and highlight the passage that stood out to me. 

Some advice I would give to another reader is to annotate every paragraph, so they can dive into the reading. 

I always try to find time to finish the chapter within one week. The reason why I don’t want to slow down is because I don’t have a lot of time, so I read whenever I’m sitting down on the bus. I was pessimistic about the book, but after reading it, I was interested in what I was reading. On Thursdays, I start work at 7PM, so I usually go to work after school, and read in my friend’s car until I start.