y and responsibility. Now continuing with my ethics of hard work and doing the best job possible, I advanced again and again. By the time I was 21, I was able to perform almost every task and operation to run an ice rink. If I was the only person to show up for work, we could still stay open for business. I didn’t start college until I was 20 and making enough money to pay for it, although I did have to cut some working hours. At age 21 I had advanced as far as I could, because I didn’t have a college degree. The corporation that had taken over the rink during my time there did not have non-college students as operations or general manager. They required that their managers be educated in business. Right then I knew without that degree I would be another Joe average with Joe average pay. That is when I started detailing my directions into the business world.I started taking college classes when I was 20, mainly because I was interested in earning an AA degree. I had not decided on a major and was just planning on taking all the required general education classes. Now knowing I need something more, I decided to take college to that next level. I enrolled in the honors program, that way getting into a university would be a lot easier. I also concentrated on my GPA, trying to keep as high of an average as possible with giving myself time to work and make some cash. I had to ask myself “where is all the money at, and what carrier will get me that money?” Well I’ve always had a good head for business, and I know that I can take control and lead a situation into positive results. That is when I decided I was going to major in Business Administration, with emphasis on operation management. Well since then I have obtained my AA degree with honors designation and was accepted to UC Davis and California State University of Sacramento. I decided on CSU Sacramento, where I attended last semester. This semester due to c...
