I would just like to give my self a small pat on the back. I just finished my first complete work week, granted it is a part time job but still. I am now a member of the working class, and some how, I have managed to survive.

I'm lucky, I have what most would consider to be the perfect summer job. I work at the city sailing center teaching kids each morning how to sail. I work while most of my friends are asleep and get to spend every day on the water. It is tons of fun and I love it.

I have only been apart of the traditional working world for a week but I have already learned lots. Here are the top three things I learned my first week working. 1. You have to take care of yourself: my job requires a lot of physical labor, lifiting boats, carrying things, etc. so it is important that I eat healthy and get sleep. I also didn't know that I was suppose to work this Monday so now I know to call in and be proactive

2. People make mistakes, but sometimes they don't want to admit it. Today at works it was windy and a bit chaotic. I was in the class room as my superior had instructed me while they were on the water. Things got out of hand, one thing led to another and my superior tried to blame me and a co-worker for the chaos that we didn't cause, either way I know that my superior just didn't want to look bad infront of his superior. Thing a happen, people don't want to look bad, you gotta just rll with it and realize that no one wants to look bad.

3. Saftey first then have fun . It was extra windy today, a bit to windy for some of my beginning sailors. Some of them stayed on the dock or were scared, some capsized. The main thing was to make sure that the kids were all safe, but even when they capsized I did my best to make sure the kids had smiles on their faces. some of the girls in the class whole originally scared, once they learned how to stay safe and hole out, they realized that it wasn't so bad and had big smiles after class. In the words of Sophie "it's fun to capsize, you just get wet". Once you are equipped with the skills to stay safe the fun comes naturally

I had a great first week working and can't wait for more. While tutoring might pay better, being a sailing coach is very rewarding and I love being able to work each day helping teach kids to do something that I love so much.

-Julia