Work Experience

This thread is probably going to send some of you back

Yesterday was my last day of my weeks Yr 10 work experience

It was at Barclays bank and was actually very interesting ;-)

Shame I still have a week of school. Just thinking that a week yesterday I break up for summer is annoying me badly

Did you go on work experience at school? When? Where did you go?

 

I did, it was a local council office and in a department related to finance. What I remember most was having coffee for the first time and falling asleep. Later on at college, I was on work experience at printer repair company. Well, again I had some coffee and fell asleep. So, from work experience I learnt that it's a bad idea for me to drink coffee if I want to stay awake.

 

I've never know anyone have that reaction :/

Is it the caffeine, of just coffee? Might have to try Irn-Bru if it's the caffeine, I'm sure it contains 10x more than other drinks...

Either that or I'm sensitive to caffeine...

Also, sounds relatively fun

 

It's just coffee strangely. Caffeine definitely keeps me awake. I went through a phase of drinking waaaay too much Red Bull and similar types of drinks.

Is there an option of work experience as your own business now? That would be fun, but I guess one week is not enough for it.

 

If I understand what you mean, no. I doubt it ever will be, especially for year 10 WE. Everyone would he doing nothing

 

I guess most would. There have been some very young entrepreneurs, though. Schools/the government should support any student wanting to start their own (legal) business, I think, though.

What did you actually do at Barclays Bank?

 

Sit around mostly. I helped with the money recycling, and I put some cheque only things through. I also checked the third party authorisation forms were still needed.

I also watched the filling up of the cash machines,and learnt several new facts

 

The only work experience I had through school was actually at school. While I was at high school the teachers talked me into writing for the school newspaper. After awhile they booted me up to editor. I became very controversial, and the teachers eventually regretted what they had done. They soon realized that they had created a shit disturbing monster ha*ha!