The Top Job

The Top Job by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is children's picture book about career day at a little girl's elementary school. All the students in the class are sharing the interesting jobs their parents have like jeweler, race car driver, and UFO hunter. The little girl is nervous to share what her father does because she is nervous all the students would not think it is exciting since he was just a handyman. As she begins to explain the light bulb changing adventure she went on with her dad, she realizes all the other students are really interested in her story. She learns there are exciting aspects in everyones job. Her dad's interesting aspect was changing the light bulb at the top of the Empire State Building. What I got out of this story is that people can find good in things they would never expect. An example of this in my life is when my grandfather passed away last year. Though it was horrible that he passed away, my family was able to find the positive in the situation. When my grandfather was alive, him and my grandmother hardly ever left their house. They were very stable with money, yet he never let my grandmother spend anything. They never went out to eat, they never traveled, and they especially never socialized with friends. Basically, they left the house just to see family occasionally. Since my grandfather has passed, my grandmother now travels with my family, has tried many new restaurants, and even is in a senior citizen aerobics class. It is very sad that he passed, but my grandmother is living a much healthier life.