How I survived for two weeks without the love and care of my teachers.

Authors Avatar

How I survived for two

weeks without the love and

care of my teachers

What will happen on the first day? How will I cope? What if I make a mistake? My nerves shook me the weekend before the Work experience, I was nervous but at the same time I was also excited. When I found out I was working in Peacocks, I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t have a clue what kind of jobs I would be doing or how I was going to cope. Luckily I had a friend working with me so I knew that I wasn’t the only one working in Peacocks, as a result I wasn’t too nervous.  

On the first day I was feeling very anxious and worried. I had to plan my journey, think of what to wear and think about my lunch. I thought to myself this is just the gist of the adult life and I was already finding it difficult. I didn’t know how everyone would react to me. Would they accept me? Would they just use me? As I reached the shop I found out that the shop was closed. I suddenly started to panic. I could feel the Adrenaline pumping through my body. What if I was too early? I stood there isolated, wandering what to do. Then in the distance I saw my friend approaching. I immediately felt a bit relieved. As he approached I went to greet him and he told me that we had to enter the shop through the back. We went to the back of the shop and there was the door with a bell. As I went to reach out for the bell my heart suddenly started pounding. All sorts of thoughts were going through my head. I felt like running away but there was something bonding me with it. Then it happened. I pressed it. DING DONG! The sound echoed in my ears.

Join now!

The door started to creak and it was slowly opening. Then a friendly voice said, “Hello, come in.” I looked up to the tall figure of a black lady, short hair and wearing glasses. She seemed very welcoming. She introduced herself. Her name was Joy and she showed my friend and me to the canteen. When I walked in, to my amazement I found there were three other work experience students gazing at us. They introduced themselves and we did the same. We had a little chat and found out more about each other. I couldn’t stop blushing because I ...

This is a preview of the whole essay