I believe that you
should never be afraid to work. For a sixth grade assignment I had to interview
someone who had somehow influenced my life. I choose my grandpa, and when I asked
him what advice he would have for us younglings he said, “Don’t be afraid to
work.” It’s been eight years since he’s told me that, and I still believe it to
this day.
We live in a
society that hard work is hard to come by. People are looking for fast cash
without actually putting in the manual labor. Only wanting the fast cash is
robbing today’s generation of the true work experience that our grandparents
and parents had.
My grandpa moved
to Rapid City, South Dakota, from a small farm and worked as a car builder for Chevrolet.
He worked on pulling car parts and scrapping metal to rebuild new cars from sun
up to sun down. He decided he wanted to create his own car shop, and that’s exactly
what he did. In the 1970’s he bought Jalopy Jungle which was an auto recycling junk
yard more or less. He changed the name to A-1 Auto Recyclers, hired more
employees, tireless days were put into the up keep of the lot, and pretty soon
the salvage yard was up and running. My dad started working for my grandpa when
he was only 12 years old. Now, over forty years later my dad has bought the
business, expanded the building to a new two story shop with 40 more acres
added to the lot making it a second generation business.
I have been
fortunate enough to grow up with this background because I have seen what hard
work exemplifies and my dad does exactly that. My dad even attended USD to get his bachelors
in Business because he didn’t want people to think he was just getting the
business from his dad without working for it.
With college life
being a difficult experience and a hard adjustment I remember what my grandpa
told me. I should not be afraid to work because it’s amazing what a little work
and drive can result in. Especially for my family we knew we’d have financial
security because of how hard my grandpa and father worked.
I know working can
be exhausting, but in the long run it will be beneficial for anyone who hits
the ground running. In a society where good work is hard to come by those who
work the hardest will stand out among the crowd.
