Topic: Right of Passage
Source: This week I was hired for my first job. I went to my first day of work on Friday April 27, 2012.
Relation: Last week's reading in Anthro Robbins discussed the rights of passages for different cultures.
Description: With the school year coming close to an end, I've been job searching more than ever. Last week I needed some paper for my printer so I went into the bookstore to get some. To my surprise I saw one of my classmates working one of the registers. I asked her how she got the job so fast, to only be pointed to the direction of the back of the store to grab an application. I filled it out before I even left for home. The next day I had an interview for an opening! I was so happy and so not prepared for one. I went into the interview with what I had and got the job anyways. I started my first day of work that Friday. My training was pretty simple. I just never realized how many things a cashier had to know for a transaction. I'm done with training now and soon will start making transactions of my own in the upcoming week. I'm so excited about my first job!
Comment/Analysis: I feel closer to an adult now that I finally have some money to support myself. Now that I have a job I'll be able to keep up on living expenses and other things I need for school. I also won't have to ask my parents for money and other support. (That was pretty embarrassing). Now I feel like a new man ready to take on the world. My step-dad even told me I'd have to start paying taxes like the rest of us. As weird as this sounds, I'm happy I'm in that group. It's the group of the elite and adults, and that's the one I want to be in. Other cultures have different rights of passages; like the Maasai. They have circumcison as their way to become a man (Robbins 140). My culture would see their culture's right of manhood as a pretty extreme one. This doesn't mean that a simple thing like getting a drivers licence and turning 18 isn't the same right of passage in America. Each culture has their own distinct right of passage. In my family, getting a job is a big deal and great step towards becoming an adult. This is why I was so excited to finally get a job. I'm now accepted as an adult in my family and happy that I am.
Hey Brandon,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I can definitely say that getting a job is a rite of passage to many people. I know when I got my first job, i was very excited and thought that it was the next step in my life. I hope that you do well on your first job and hope you like it. One thing that I dislike is having to pay for everything myself, but to some, its a great step in adulthood.
( Welcome to the Bookstore team =) I work there too
Congratulations on your new job.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Getting your first job is definitely an important rite of passage, especially in a capitalist society such as our own. Managing your own money is an important part of functioning in a society after all and those who do not have a job are sometimes left on the fringes of society.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting the job! First jobs are important rites of passage for any group and show a sign of independence and adulthood. I like how you looked at your personal rite of passage in comparison to our anthro reading. Great post!
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