Scenes from Campus (Part 3 - The Kitchen)

Every language school student is responsible to work 54 hours per semester somewhere on campus, otherwise they are charged minimum wage ($5.85) for each hour not worked. I choose to work in the kitchen every other weekend. My work shift is only 2 hours long per day. This past Saturday, I worked supper, and Sunday, I worked lunch. Just 50 more hours to go!


Our job is to assist the main cook with whatever he needs. Nothing major. The head cook's name is Pascual (originally from Mexico, but has lived in NJ for over ten years). He is great to work with and even teaches us addition Spanish phrases and vocab during our work shift.

Here is a list of small jobs I had to do this past weekend in the kitchen:
-Make Kool-Aid
-Cut watermelon
-Cut Papaya
-Cut cake and pies
-Shred lettuce
-Refill salad bar items
-Make guacamole (see picture above)


My classmate, Isaiah cutting up fruit for the dessert table.


We wash all of the dishes that we have dirtied with the Hobart machine. Pretty slick and easy. Very similar to the one I used to work with during my college days at NBBC. Now if we could just get three of these at our camps in Chile!

One of the perks of working in the kitchen is, that when you work, your family gets to come and eat that meal for free. It's a no brainer! We are thankful for this provision of food and it helps keep the grocery bill down.

Come back again for Part 4 - Winter Texan Alley