Personal Narrative: A Significant Educational Opportunity

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A significant educational opportunity that I took advantage of was an internship opportunity I landed last year. My school is one of the only schools in San Diego County that offers the internship program as a high school student. I used this as my chance to see what it was like to be a professional in the real world. I landed an internship at a large real estate company based out of Los Angeles. I worked under a full time real estate agent for about 8 weeks and learned about his trade. I learned so much about of the housing market works, how to create business relationships with customers, and how to function in an office setting. Sadly, this internship showed me problems with being a realtor and made me realize that this was not the right

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