My Son Roger’s First Day of Work
July 8, 2015
My oldest son,
Roger, graduated in May of this year. He
has never had a job, because I felt like until he was eighteen and graduated
from high school he was my responsibility to take care of. This is the way I was raised, I was never
allowed to have a job during school.
School work always came first. Keeping your grades up and having that
interaction with school is what is important, this is what I was taught.
Roger took Marine
Tech at the vocational school half day for his Junior and Senior year in high
school. Upon graduating he received a
technical certificate for Marine Technology.
He is certified in many categories from small engine repair to boat
engine repairs and work shop.
He is working on getting
his driver’s license, it is basically my fault he doesn’t have one yet. When we moved here from Indiana he was only
fifteen and missed taking the driver’s education course there. And the school he attended here in Missouri
didn’t offer the course. I was so
nervous about his driving here. It took
me months before driving here, the sites of no guard rails, single lane roads,
and not a reflector one on the highways scared me to have him driving. Although I realized I couldn’t keep him from
driving forever. We bought him a car and
he is practicing with his permit.
Roger wanted to
get a job to help on insurance and expenses, but with no license he wanted to
get a close to home job so his father and I could pick him up and take
him. So he decided to go to
McDonalds. This wouldn’t have been my
first choice for him, since he has a degree in a technical field, but I commend
him for trying to start his own life off and get a job. He is super excited, and who knows maybe he
will be manager someday.
He says this is
only temporary, but whatever his path in life leads him, I will be a proud
parent and support his decisions. Plus,
his little brother and sister are so happy that he has “the hook-up” to happy
meal toys.
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