Pratice Parent Interview

Ola Anyanwu, Former Assistant Manager at Bank of America

Q: What is your profession?
A: "I was an assistant manager at Bank of America."

Q: Can you briefly describe your profession?
A: "I work at customer service, most of the time. I am in charge of audit, balancing the vault, cash handling, tellers, international transfer, approving loans, opening bank accounts, and a whole lot more."

Q: Did you work for a company, self-owned business, or private business?
A: "I worked for a company."

Q: What education, training, or licenses are needed to be in your profession?
A: "You need at least a bachelor in finance and or business and you have to go through a lot of Bank of America training."

Q: What is the dress code for your profession?
A: "I had to dress formally and professionally."

Q: What kind of clients do you meet on a daily basis?
A: " I met all kinds of people, lots of them from various occupations and backgrounds. I met doctors, lawyers, nurses, even basketball players, like Dirk Nowitzki, and football players, like Tony Romo. I would say pretty much anyone who can open a bank account."

Q: What are some challenging things about your profession?
A: " Some challenging things I faced were maintaining balance in my work, keeping employees on task at all times, and  communicating with foreign costumers who I elaborated to with the best of my ability therefore, they could comprehend what information they needed."

Q: What are some benefits that come with your job?
A: "I get insurance and bonuses at the beginning and end of the year once we have made our profit."

Q: How many years of experience have you had?
A: " I have had 15 years of experience in the banking and financial field of Bank of America."

Q: Do you receive commission?
A:  "Sometimes, especially at the beginning of the year."
 
One interesting thing I learned was that the Assistant Manager was responsible for international transfers.

Career Cluster Results

• My top three career clusters were Arts A/V Technology & Communications, Business Management & Administration, and Government & Public Administration.

 

• Art A/V Technology & Communications 

1. Graphic Designer: They design visuals used promote films, products, companies, and much by using graphic art and computer software used for designing.
2. Broadcast News Analyst: They analyze news retrieved from many sources, write scripts and journals with computers, they look at local, national, and international problems and broadcast them over TV to many people.

•  Business Management & Administration

1. Chief Executive: They organize investments, policies, and much more, take care of finances, check branches of companies to see that jobs are being done and accomplished, and meet with board members to discuss issues and how to fix them to make a better company.
2. Editor: They rewrite, correct, and verify other people's work. They also make information more appealing to the reader or audience.

• Marketing

1. Convention Services Manager (CSM): They are known as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners. They organize not only formal events , but many different kind of events, and  also regulate events. They try to please and cater the attendants of the event and solve any problems that come up during the event. They can do anything from a marketing and promotion party to a wedding. Them along with their staff organize the events to make sure that everything is up to par with the demands of the event host or hosts.      

• I was surprised to see that all the jobs I was interested in came up. I always dreamt of my future job being in business, graphic design, or journalism and the survey gave me approval of what jobs or area fields to look in for my future job. Graphic Designer, Broadcast News Analyst, Chief Executive, Editor, and Convention Services Management were all possible jobs that I wanted to venture in the future. This survey gave make an outlook to my options and I am going to take advantage of it.

 

This I Believe

    Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces

                         William Wissemann - Hastings on Hudson, New York

                       As heard on NPR’s Weekend Edition, September 14, 2008

 

1. The author, William Wissemann, believes that you can better accomplish big things in small pieces.

2.He wrote about having dyslexia and about how he had to leave public school in the fourth grade , because he was having trouble processing things in class. Therefore, he decided to slow things down things and he practiced learning how to use a Rubik's Cube little by little in four weeks. In the end, he mastered the Rubik's Cube and can do anywhere from a 3x3 to 5x5 Rubik's cube in little time.

 

3. My personal reaction to this essay is that it made sense and that it is inspiring because he overcame a problem he faced by slowing things down and not only learned how to master the Rubik's Cube but used this new skill to master other things. I expected based on the title for this to be about taking your time to learn something.

 

 

 

The True Value of Life

Sudie Bond Noland - Portland, Oregon

As heard on The Bob Edwards Show, December 9, 2011 

 

 

 

 

1. The author, Sudie Noland, believes in the power of forgiveness and compassion.
2. She was riding with her friend’s family in their car  when they were  by a drunk driver named, Edy Jo, going sixty-five miles per hour. All of them survived but Sudie left the accident with a new life full of chronic back and neck pain, bad headaches, and a part of her kidney missing. Edy was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison and sent her sorrowful letters of regret and she forgave him.
3.This essay made sense and made me feel respect for Sudie and also made influenced me and inspired me to forgive others, based upon the fact she was able to forgive someone who hurt her psychically and emotionally. Based upon the title I expected a story about forgiveness which was the theme and a life threatening situation to be in the story, which was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrapbook Proposal

My plan for Scout's Scrapbook is that I will use construction paper, scrapbook paper, stickers,pop-up stickers, markers, printer ink and anything that I can use to make my project creative and eye-catching. I will also try my uttermost best to make the paper sound like Scout from a first person point of view. It will take me approximately 2 days to complete this process. The most challenging part of the project would be making the project come together in an informative and appealing way.

Miss Caroline Fisher - I chose to use Miss Caroline Fisher because...
*She is not mentioned as much in the book and I wanted to do someone challenging.
*She is highly disliked by Scout and I wanted to use Scout's emotion of dislike towards Miss   Caroline to make the journal entry interesting.
Aunt Alexandra- I chose to use Aunt Alexandra because...
*She is despised by Scout and I wanted to bring that emotion in the journal entry.
*I wanted to show how she and Scout don't have a good relationship.
Atticus- I chose to use Atticus because...........
*He is of great importance to not only this book but Scout's life
* I wanted to show how Scout looks up to him.

Themes

"Most of our values and attitudes develop during childhood." I agree with this statement for many reasons.  It is either you have a good, hearty and strong foundation as a child or you have a weak, unkept one that lacks structural support. To me this mostly applies to manners and education. Have you ever had someone ask you or someone you know if they have home training? Well this is where the attitudes and values come in. If your parents teach you to no talk unless spoken to when conversing with an adult ,to  listen to and obey people who are older than, treat others the way you want to be treated, other things like that I believe it is easier for you to gain the concept. The reason being you are still developing and learning about the world around you. It is similar to teaching a kid basketball, it takes time to learn and perfect something, but if you start something like basketball at a young age it gives time to understand and comprehend the sport so when it comes time actually use your skill you have already mastered it. Also this  applies to me through personal experiences. I have been raised in a family that has high expectations and have only been to private schools and charters schools where the curriculum is very challenging. I am now used to an academically challenging environment and it is what helps me focus and get my work done right. Now if I were to go to a less challenging school then my foundation would crumble because I am so used to an academically challenging environment because that is how I was raised. The attitudes and values that we develop during childhood pretty much determine our future and who we are.