WLE

Day One - I worked Monday, 2/4/08, from 9am to 4pm.

Total Hours: 7 hours.

I really felt confident walking into my WLE. I am now working at my old elementary and middle school called St. Peter's School. I started working at 9am and ended at 4pm. I will usually begin at eight but this first day, I was running a bit late and that was not a good first impression to make. It shows that from the first day I'm already being irresponsible. Luckily, the principal, who is also my mentor, was cool about it so I got a second chance. Anyway, I started my day by cleaning. I dusted two presentation shelves that they had in the office. They had pictures and artifacts from the 1800's so I had to be very careful when cleaning it. The doors were also made of glass so I had to clean them very slowly with windex so they wouldn't break. Then I moved on to cleaning two printers that were super dirty and no one else wanted to get near them so I gave them a shot. I then moved into the main office where I had to print out some papers for the secretary. I filed papers, put emergency cards in alphabetical order, helped out the principal organize books from the school from the 1900's, and helped out the day care move sleeping mats to the kindergarten class for nap time. But once I went to day care to help them out, they said that they didn't need to move any mats and that I could go back to the office.

Overall, it was a stressful but fun experience for the first day. I learned how to be responsible and still manage my time while doing the jobs that they asked me to do. I actually did expect to do something like this for the first day and then go up step by step into more complex job activities. It was hard and tiring but it was a good experience because from this first day, I could already see how difficult things are going to get.