Sometimes principles, counselors, or even people who are at the front desk need some help. Office assistants do that. They help out the person they get assigned to then make sure whatever they ask is getting done. 

Freshman Ryan Martin is an office assistant. He helps out Mrs. Spencer, a worker in the student support center. She helps students who need to catch up on work, aren’t able to pay attention in class or have trouble in class in general. There isn’t always something for Martin to do though, so instead he spends his time either doing homework for other classes,

“I actually get all my work done while I’m there, it’s not too bad, it’s a free period,” said Martin 

They were able to become one by asking his counselor. He emailed them due to personal injuries which caused him to not be able to attend his intro to business class. His counselor was then able to change his third period class into being an assistant. 

“It’s nice, a lot of freedom. Sometimes Mrs. Spencer has me go around, do some stuff for her, but it’s just a really big free period,” said Martin 

With a lot of people being very social, something that’s highly important for being an assistant, Martin doesn’t have the best skills on talking to people sometimes, on the other hand though he is still improving his social skills so he can improve his skills as an assistant. 

“A big thing in being an office assistant is you have to talk to people,” said Martin. “I was struggling in my previous class so being able to move on to something that actually helps my social skills is way more important to me.” 

Becoming an office assistant comes with a lot of responsibilities, and sometimes tasks. It is important to have good communication skills, be respectful and responsible.