Yao Hui (Danny) Huang
Mr.Zack Kelly
Class 3A
03/12/2014
Campground Maintenance Worker
This profile is about Marie Sprague. Marie Sprague is a worker for the U.S. National Park Service. Her job is to goes around and clean up the Seawall campground in Acadia National Park. That is on Mount Desert Island in Maine, the place where she born. Before she began working for the park service, she worked for a sardine packing company. She worked at the sardine packing company for forty years in Bar Harbor. But, one day they all shut down and she needed to find a new job. She had a friend working at the park, her friend advised Marie to take this job, then she go to National park office and get an application for that job, and till spring she got hired. That was thirteen years ago.
Campground Maintenance Worker is a seasonal job; Marie work in the middle of May until October the twelfth (just five months). Marie talks about how much more she enjoys working for the park service because she gets to be outside and is able to walk around. At the sardine packing company, she often worked from sun-up to sun-down and sometimes worked for twenty-four straight hours. In order for her to make money; she had to pack a certain amount of cases in every hour time rate. If she did not meet the quota for the hour, then they would not pay her the rate. Another issue is that the workers in the factory had no insurance, and with so many hand issues (arthritis, cut fingers, etc.), this became a large problem, especially when the factory closed down. However, now Marie loves her job because she gets to walk around outside and only works from 7AM to 3PM. Her daily tasks include cleaning bathrooms (men's and women's), picking up litter, and raking campsites. Marie's only issue with her work now is cleaning the men's restroom because sometimes men still go in and use the restroom even though the restroom says it is closed. Sometimes Marie has to be stern about telling the men to leave because they do not always think it is a problem that she is in there when they are using the restroom. Despite the restroom issue, she wishes she worked there for her entire life instead of working at the sardine company.
In my opinion, no matter what job you do, finding a job you love that is most important thing to your life. Just like Steve Job said: “you got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do”.
Mr.Zack Kelly
Class 3A
03/12/2014
Campground Maintenance Worker
This profile is about Marie Sprague. Marie Sprague is a worker for the U.S. National Park Service. Her job is to goes around and clean up the Seawall campground in Acadia National Park. That is on Mount Desert Island in Maine, the place where she born. Before she began working for the park service, she worked for a sardine packing company. She worked at the sardine packing company for forty years in Bar Harbor. But, one day they all shut down and she needed to find a new job. She had a friend working at the park, her friend advised Marie to take this job, then she go to National park office and get an application for that job, and till spring she got hired. That was thirteen years ago.
Campground Maintenance Worker is a seasonal job; Marie work in the middle of May until October the twelfth (just five months). Marie talks about how much more she enjoys working for the park service because she gets to be outside and is able to walk around. At the sardine packing company, she often worked from sun-up to sun-down and sometimes worked for twenty-four straight hours. In order for her to make money; she had to pack a certain amount of cases in every hour time rate. If she did not meet the quota for the hour, then they would not pay her the rate. Another issue is that the workers in the factory had no insurance, and with so many hand issues (arthritis, cut fingers, etc.), this became a large problem, especially when the factory closed down. However, now Marie loves her job because she gets to walk around outside and only works from 7AM to 3PM. Her daily tasks include cleaning bathrooms (men's and women's), picking up litter, and raking campsites. Marie's only issue with her work now is cleaning the men's restroom because sometimes men still go in and use the restroom even though the restroom says it is closed. Sometimes Marie has to be stern about telling the men to leave because they do not always think it is a problem that she is in there when they are using the restroom. Despite the restroom issue, she wishes she worked there for her entire life instead of working at the sardine company.
In my opinion, no matter what job you do, finding a job you love that is most important thing to your life. Just like Steve Job said: “you got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do”.