The work for the fashion show

The 27th of April, 2009 was Grade 10’s first Fashion Show Day in the GCA. It was from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. However, in fact, the more time and more effort were used to prepare this concert. I, as a student of GCA, took part of the volunteer work for the Fashion Show.

Before this chance, I had the volunteer activity in the Nanjing Library. At that time, I worked in the outside of the school, so I tried finding the volunteer work at this time. Grace, who is one of the members of the students’ council, and my classmate, introduced the volunteer work for the Fashion Show. Many people – in fact, only some people, I will tell you the reason - wanted to join in the activity, and many of them were accepted. (I guessed the work would be easy because so many people join.)

There were two parts of the volunteer work. The first one had a greater deal of weight. It was before and after the show. It was to carry the chairs – for audience – and desks – to block the too wide entrance to keep people from coming to watch the show without the ticket. Oh my god, we, all volunteers and some students’ council members, moved all of desks and chairs on the first floor and some on the second floor for over 2 hours. It was a huge effort. Two of three classrooms on the first floor were empty. However, after the show finished, we only spend half an hour moving them. I do not know how we could do that. The second part was to stand sentry in the path which was not the official entrance of the show. It was a boring one. I just sat on the chair during one and half an hour of the Fashion Show like I did last time, and there were only about two people try going through that path.
Just like the volunteer work in the Nanjing Library, it did not need many much abilities. Moving chairs and desks also can be considered as a kind of simple labor, and standing sentry can be, too. It just required some physical strength and a little power of concentration. This experience taught me almost nothing. I just felt I was ordered to do something.

Then, I found many other students were not honest. Most of “volunteers” did not come nor work, so there were only five volunteers working really at last, including me. Maybe they thought that not doing the real work and getting the certification to make portfolio were okay. I hate this kind of altitude. I have undergone this kind of happenings and felt unfair. Fortunately – unfortunately to “someone”, the member of students’ council checked our names after the work, and only we, five volunteers who really worked, got the certifications. I think it was retribution.
I hope I can find some new, skillful volunteer work next time. Then, I can learn more things.