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Page 108 - Exercise 6

Listening - Challenges and rewards

Listen to these people talk about their work. What is the biggest challenge of each person’s job? What is the greatest reward? Complete the chart.

1 - Psychologist

• Maybe the biggest challenge for me is listening to people talk about their problems all day. At the end of the day I’m usually pretty worn out. At times it can be depressing as well. On the other hand, I do see patients making real progress. It’s great to see people really turn their lives around and get on top of problems that they never thought they could deal with.

2 - Camp counselor

As a camp counselor, it’s difficult to find a way to get through the kids with problems and win their trust. Sometimes kids are very suspicious and find it hard to trust an adult, even a young adult. So getting them to open up is the hardest part. Once you’ve done that, they almost become different people. One of the things I find most rewarding, is seeing kids develop confidence and the sense of self-worth. It’s especially great to see that happen in the kid who started out the summer with low self-esteem.

3 - Firefighter

It sounds pretty obvious, but in my job, the biggest challenge is going into a burning building that’s full of smoke when you can barely see you a few inches in front of you. It’s really difficult especially when you know there are people in their edit your job to get them out. Once you do get someone else safely. Then you feel really great and you forget about how dangerous the work is.