".. And Sold!"

By Onyu Kwak

Going once, going twice, sold!

Another year of Junior for Hire opened this week with a variety of bidders and ideas. Junior for Hire is an event that juniors open to raise money for their class to prepare JSB, senior sneak, and other activities. During the event, Juniors advertise themselves in front of the crowd to sell their services.

Just like every year, the juniors had millions of creative ideas starting from “Making Messi” by Andrew Kaney, Sumin Park, and Sean Park to “Shiny day” by Jiah Choi and Ally Kim, which earned the most money.

When I interviewed Jiah Choi (11) about her thoughts about the Junior for Hire this year, she said, “When I first came up with this idea, I never expected to earn this much because it was a typical service that anyone could do. As the price of my service excited the crowd and slowly went up, my heart started to pump faster and faster. Overall, it was an interesting experience.”

Junior for Hire not only helps the junior class financially, but it also helps them socially. During Junior for hire, students are encouraged to think of ways to serve the class and come together as a group for the event. While working on it and contemplating what to do for their service, a bond is created naturally between the classmates, which leads to a united class.

Daniel Choi (11), the class president, said, “I expected that there would be fewer people because of the coronavirus, but to my surprise, many people showed up. Also, it was nice to see our class together once again and working together to chase our goal.”

Personally, experiencing the Junior for Hire as a senior made me feel nostalgic and proud. It reminded me of the days when our class worked and bonded together to achieve a goal that we all wanted.