In Lois Lowry's The Giver, there are many different assignments that Jonas and his friends could receive as they turn twelve years old. In order to see what jobs they enjoy, children volunteer for service hours as early as eight years old. Fiona, for example, enjoys working in the Home of the Old where she takes care of the elderly. In chapter 4, one boy named Benjamin is mentioned to have worked at the Rehabilitation Center for most of his time between ages 8 and 12. This center focuses on helping people who have been physically injured. If someone falls off of a bike and breaks a leg, then after it is healed, he or she can go to the Rehabilitation Center for physical therapy. Benjamin, while volunteering at this center, "had even developed some machines and methods to hasten rehabilitation" (27). So it was no surprise when he was assigned to work there for his life's job. He became so skilled at this job during his service hours that he probably skipped some of the formal training once he was formally assigned to work there.
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