J.A.Today

Today Mrs. Punches came from the Junior Achievement to talk about businesses. We acted out a small play to see what owning a mechanical store would be like. First it started with Jordon being a mechanical shop owner. Then there was so much business he had to hire more people. I was the CEO assistant. My job was to help the CEO make decisions. ....Jake

It all started with mechanic Jordon's sole proprietorship...

It was hard to collect money, pump gas and work on cars. So after a while I hired a cashier. The cashier helped me a lot so then I would work on cars more. ...Jordon

Jordon hired me to run the cash register. I took care of the money for the gas and he fixed the cars. Cash register is an important job because you got to make sure they pay the right amount. ...Sherece

Jordon the owner needed help with the cars so he hired hem to be an electrician. My job was to help him get the job done. That's what I was doing in the JA activity. ...Gus

It was hard being an auto mechanic because you have to change car parts. I don't know about you, but I don't really want to be an auto mechanic when I grow up. ...Steve

I got to be an accountant. The job I had to do was to make sure that money goes where its spost to go. It was fun. ...Ashley H.

I was an Human Recorce Specialest. What I do is take care of all the people who work there. Maybe even get them health insurence. ...Katlyn

Jordon couldn't handle the whole job so he kept hiring people and paying his own bills. Then he started another gas station and had a partner. Soon the whole class was working for him and Cody. It was a lot of fun. ...Anja

I was an ad agent in the story. I got to put the ad on a billboard, TV or on the radio because of Jordon's Gas Market was getting so much business and hiring so many employees. ...Ethan

Pick me! Pick me!

At first I was a mechanic at Jordon's station, but then I got a raise or something, and then I got to be Jordon's partner. Then I got to run another store. I was like the king of the people that worked there. ...Cody

Being an auto mechanic was hard. You had to change and fix car parts. My boss's name is Cody. He is nice to me and the rest of his employees. I love being an auto mechanic. ...Danny

I was a stock holder. A stock holder is like an owner of one of the stores. The company got so big we needed stock holders so they hired us. The corporation was a sole proprietorship, then it was a partnership and then it was a corporation. ...Joe F.

When Mrs. Punches came in we pretended we owned a business. So Jordon got to be the boss. Then I got picked to be a stocking agent. That is when a person makes sure we have enough stuff on our shelf to sell, but I'm not sure. At the very end we had two big gas station businesses. That's what we did today when Mrs. Punches. came. ...Elizabeth

I was a stock holder. A stock holder owns part of the company. ...Thomas

Being an electrician is hard. I had to deal with the lights on the cars. I also had to do the clocks, the radio and everything on the dashboard. I worked for Cody and Jordon. ...Chase

Mrs. Punches asked me to be the CEO and Jake became my assistent. I got to tell some people where to go, what to do, and I made some rules. It was nice to be a CEO person. That seems like a good job to have. ...Joslyn

I was a stockholder and I had to worry about all the money and the stocks. ...Jonathan

And in the end we were a big corporation...

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