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My Work Experience @ A Conservation Project Right, I knew from the age of 13 that I wanted to study Law at University, so naturally when Work Experience came around I wanted a place at either the local court, a Solicitors or with a Barrister. So where did they place me...in the Local Council's Planning and Conservation dept...of course, that seems the obvious choice...or not.Now that may sound like quite a posh name but really it was the 'Emperor's New Clothes', completely dressing up nothing in a grand name. So...what it was basically was putting gateposts, turnstiles and fences in the middle of the most isolated countryside miles and miles away from anywhere. As well as weeding flower-beds and moving large gardening equipment about...cool, or not. It was the middle of June 1994, a very hot month by today's standards...I mean it was boiling. Cool you may think, out in the sun, not in a stuffy office, getting a tan…yeah there was that, I didn't have to wear a suit and it was a benefit that it was so hot that we only worked 4 hour days, 10:00 to 2:00...absolute bliss. However, I suffer from hay fever..I mean I suffer, particularly in June when it's very hot, therefore it was ideal conditions for me to work. Also this was a huge mistake on the people who organised the work (thanks Misses *******), I put on my form I had this bad allergy, but they obviously fragrantly ignored that and put me at the mercy of the countryside. In the end I hardly worked at all because of the hot conditions and in a two week period I worked 8 days...really good experience...I don't think. I did meet some interesting people, including a volunteer guy who had had a big car accident and thought he was Elvis for a while, but that's another story. I imagine work experience can be valuable as long as it's organised properly and you get a job you want. By the way I did do the Law degree but I don't want to be a Lawyer, I wonder why? Chris M  back to the top back to the features directory |