Brittnay Arce Interview

            Brittnay Arce was born in Lancaster, CA> She has been living here in Oxnard for 13 years and she graduated from Pacifica High school. She has a younger brother and was raised by a single mom. That fact that she was raised by a single mother and saw the struggles that she went through is one of the things that motivates her to attend college. She has a son of her own which is another big motivation in her life. Brittnay’s goal is to become a teacher, and from what I saw in this interview, I think she would be a great teacher. The fact that she is a stay at home mom makes her schedule not that hard to handle, but taking care of a child is not an easy task. While taking care of her son, she still has to make time to complete the two online classes she is taking. There is no lack of role models in Brittnays life. She looks up to her mother, son, and her boyfriend. She said to me that her mother and boyfriend always support her and back her up with what she wants to do. Just as her mother is a role model for her, she mentioned that she is a role model to her mother. When I asked her to describe herself in three words, she said: “nice, hardworking, and open minded.” That was actually four words but nonetheless, they describe her. Brittnays motto is, “work hard, die trying,” and from what I got to know about her, it is a motto that fits her well.

Family

            Family, in my opinion, is the most important thing that we need in our life. We have a connection with out family that we cant have with a friend or a significant other. Personally, I don’t know what I would do with out my immediate family, especially my parents and sister. I spend about 40% of the week with my parents and if I could I would spend even more time with them. We have such good communication with each other and we can talk about anything.

            My mom is the most important person in my family. She comforts me whenever I need comforting, she gives me advice whenever I need it, and she is there to help me whenever I need help. My mom is the person I tell all my personal experiences and dilemmas too and she always understands me. Since day one she has been my best friend, and she will continue to be so forever and ever.

            I have a different relationship with my dad. We don’t talk about very many personal things, unless it is super important. We do however talk for hours about what is going on in the world and community. The relationship between us Is almost like the type of relationship two guy friends would have. Without him I would be a much different person than I am today.

            The person in my family that fills me with the most joy is my little sister. After being an only child for 15 years, she brought a lot of fun into the family when she was born. She always puts a smile on my face, even though she doesn’t even know she is. I love playing with her because she makes me forget about all the problems we face as adults and lets me bring out my inner child. Babysitting her makes me think about the true meaning of a family: taking care of, and being there for one another when we need someone.

            Not all of us have the same relationships with our family. We may not all be able to get along as well us we would like too, but we all truly need to have a family that can look out for us and communicate with. Luckily, I have that family, and I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.

My First Job

                                                                       My First Job

It was a typical Friday afternoon in November 2012; I was at the movies watching a Twilight movie with my girlfriend, Melissa. All of a sudden, my phone started vibrating. Angry that I was being interrupted, I look to see who is calling. It was my friend Richard. As any courteous person at the theater would do, I ignored the call. A few minutes later I get a text message, also from my friend Richard. “Call me ASAP dude,” read the message. I was shocked and curious about what he needed to tell me. I replied saying, “ what happened bro?” Thirty minutes went by and I received no reply. All I could do was imagine what he needed to tell me.

The movie had just ended when Richard finally replied. “ I got you a job interview here at Subway!” read the message. I quickly replied asking when? He then said “ Today! Come over as soon as you can.” So I quickly drove home, flying recklessly by all the other cars. After I dropped Melissa of at her house, I went home for a quick wardrobe change. As I drove to subway, fear and doubt about myself came across my mind. Then it was as if Mother Nature felt the same way I did. Rain and wind started pounding and rocking my car while I was driving. All that did was make me question my ability to do well in the interview. When I finally made it to Subway, I walked in, introduced myself to the owner Peter, sat down, and waited for the interview to begin.

I looked around and saw the dining area absolutely spotless. The floor looked as if it were sparkling, the tables looked like they had never been used to eat on, and the chip rack was full of perfectly organized bags of chips. I took a look at the workers, and at the big line they had and thought to myself, “ How will I ever be able to serve people that quickly?” Then, Peter walked towards me..

“ Hello Mr. Irvin how are you?” asked Peter, as he sat across the table. 

“ Fine sir, and yourself?” I responded.

“Good, Good. Okay, first question: what qualities do you have for this jo?”

“Hmm, I used to help my uncle cater tacos at parties, and I feel that has taught me how to treat customers well and not to overreact when there is a difficult one.”

“Wow that is some good experience for this job.”

After that response he gave me, I started to feel a lot more confident about myself and went on with the rest of the interview.

The interview then ended, and Peter told me he would give me a call within a week or so. So I eagerly waited for a whole week. After the week went by, I did not receive a phone call from him. I was so disappointed in myself and thought I definitely did not get the job. Although I was nervous about the interview at first, I really thought I had a chance at getting the job after the performance I out up in the interview.

Another week went by and on a Saturday morning, I received a phone call from a number I did not recognize. I answered with curiosity and was surprised to hear who was on the other end of the call. It was Peter calling to inform me I got the job. He told me to go in that day for an hour or two of training and I joyfully agreed to go in. As I hung up the phone, I screamed with joy and told my parents I got the job. “That great mijo, congratulations!” said my mom and dad. The feeling of knowing I was finally going to help out my parents by working after they have been taking care of me for all these years, was the best feeling in the world.

I have now been working at Subway for about three months and I am happy working there. All of the employees are friendly and I think I have gotten the hang of all the things you have to do as a Subway employee. The best part of me getting the job is that I can learn to be responsible and get ready to start living my life as an adult.   

Texting

I think that text messaging has made our life a whole lot easier. Before text messaging was invented, you were not able to quickly get ahold of someone to ask a simple question. You would have to call them and hope they were not too busy to answer your call. It also made it faster for us to get a hold of more than one person by allowing us to send out the same message to more than one person. In my personal experience, texting makes it a lot easier for me to ask my friends where they are at, let my parents know where I am at, and also allows me to have quite a few laughs with the funny pictures that my uncles send me. 

       Text messaging is really great, but it can also get us into trouble. When I was in high school, I would always get in trouble for texting in class. That’s all teenagers want to do because it’s an easy way to get distracted and not pay attention in class. It also affects when we are driving.  Although it is against the law, we still text while driving. Just like teenagers in the classroom, we see texting as a simple task that cant get us into trouble or cause is to make a mistake, so we do it all the time.