Thanks For Being Here Stephen's College Essay - The J-Team

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🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Gallagher’s college essay takes a look at what could have just been a simple summer job but became so much more. It’s often a tough job, a demanding boss or an uncomfortable experience which shapes a person and changes the course of one’s life for the better.

Although this essay recounts a true story, the names of the participants have been changed.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome to Thanks for being here. A short weekly pod to remind us of the many
0:06.5	essential and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday I'll read a submission from a
0:12.8	listener of Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Could be wedding vows or about mitzvah toast, a eulogy or
0:19.4	retirement speech. We believe this is the loveliest way to tap into our better selves and remember
0:27.3	our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one person you love.
0:33.6	Maybe someone you miss or need to bring closer. Someone you want to feel your appreciation
0:39.4	or admiration or both. This is Thanks for being here.
0:50.8	Today's Thanks for being here is a college essay written by a kid named Steven Gallagher Jr
0:55.8	who is now at the University of Virginia. His story starts talking about his time working at
1:02.2	jiffyloob but becomes a little bit more about the lessons of hard work and holding up his end of
1:08.3	the bargain. He needed a wake up call. He coasted through school and did pretty well but he wasn't
1:13.6	doing the very best he could until he got a call from Keeshawn, his assistant manager at jiffyloob.
1:20.5	Justin sniffing cocaine in the air filter room and Jerome's girlfriend hitting on me were
1:28.8	never mentioned in jiffyloob's employee handbook. I joined the J team in the summer of 2019 abandoning
1:35.3	my previous underpaid job as a food runner hoping to learn the ins and outs of cars.
1:41.1	I was confident in my work ethic. After all, the neighbors for whom I did random jobs always
1:46.0	told me you're a hard worker, Steven. I was not though. I cruised through high school with
1:51.2	minimal studying since I could grasp most concepts with ease. If you apply yourself you can become
1:57.1	great said most every teacher graced with hearing my frustration at a B-plus. I needed a wake up call
2:05.1	and on a hot june day it stood before me in the form of a navy blue jumpsuit with Keeshawn
2:10.4	embroidered on the chest. Steven, the assistant manager said to me, you're screwing up if I have to
2:16.0	talk to you again I have to let you go. I was paralyzed. Among people who hadn't finished high school
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