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WHAT'S YOUR TEENAGER UP TO THIS SUMMER?
NEALZ NUZE ^
| JUNE 10, 2008
| NEAL BOORTZ
Posted on 06/10/2008 8:24:34 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
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To: Turret Gunner A20
The only teens I know who are not working are the ones whose parents have spoiled them and do not make them work or the ones whose parents do not make them get out of bed. Overall almost every teen I know is working.
To: Turret Gunner A20
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:28:25 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
To: Turret Gunner A20
My eldest son started a lawn mowing business that was passed on down to his two brothers. When they weren't mowing lawns they worked for a friend of mine at horse shoes.....hot dirty work with late nights but the pay was good and it kept them out of trouble.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:33:02 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
(Taxation WITH representation ain't much fun either...)
To: Turret Gunner A20
Well now...let's see... :-)
The 13 yr old (son) does welding repair work, yard maintenance with a friend of mine and sells scrap precious, and non-precious metals which he scrounges for.
The 15 yr old (daughter) makes/sells homemade goats milk soap. Yes, she also manages the small-ish herd of 18 or so now and has a waiting line of people to buy her milk goats.
The 18 yr old (son) is a VERY talented writer, but also helps the above two in their endevours.
Of course, all of this is motivated by the proven past history here in my house that laziness often results in a right proper ass whoopin. :-) Although I'll have to admit that I have had to do that in more than a few years now. These kids WORK!
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:34:53 AM PDT
by
hiredhand
To: Turret Gunner A20
12 million cheap, illegal laborers also plays a role.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:35:06 AM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.)
To: Turret Gunner A20
teens cannot work in California due to the illegals taking their jobs.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
edcoil
To: eclecticEel
12 million cheap, illegal laborers also plays a role. A BIG role.
To: eclecticEel
Yep. Why should somebody hire Bobby or Suzie when they can hire Pedro or Conchita to landscape their yard or wash the dishes, pay them less, and not have to listen to any backtalk about how “like, omg, this sucks?”
}:-)4
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:38:37 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
To: Turret Gunner A20
My 17 year old sister is working 2 jobs this summer.
I, at 22, am taking 6 courses at Uni...fair trade I think, since it’s about 35 credit hours + homework.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:41:21 AM PDT
by
AntiKev
("The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena." - Carl Sagan)
To: Kimmers
My dad bought me a lawnmower when I was 13. Paid him back in two weeks and never had to borrow another nickel from him again - even for college.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: Turret Gunner A20
Last fall I took my 17 year old son down to a burger joint that was advertising 9 dollar an hour jobs, but did an about face when I saw who was already working behind the counter - a couple of thugs in tank top t-shirts, hair nets & sporting spider tatoos.
He lucked out this summer though, & found a job a Stanford U as a paid intern.
Gotta work on my daughter, now.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:48:17 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Turret Gunner A20
My two daughters (14 and 15) are working as mother’s helpers to a mom up the street with an 8 month old, 22 month old and a 3 1/2 year old. They play with and watch the kids and help mom do light housework around the house. Mom pays them $15.00/hour, which they split. THAT mom is just about in seventh heaven to have some help, and THIS mom is happy my kids are growing their own money tree - and not picking off mine.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:56:03 AM PDT
by
melissa_in_ga
(Duncan Hunter for President 2008)
To: Moose4
...and not have to listen to any backtalk about how like, omg, this sucks?They get the backtalk. They just don't understand it.
To: Turret Gunner A20
Researchers at Northeaster University estimate that summer 2008 will be "the worst in post-World War II history" for teen summer employment. I take it that they only counted on-the-books employment.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:57:46 AM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman)
To: Turret Gunner A20
I’m going to go against the grain on this one. If the kids want to work, that’s cool, but honestly, they’re going to be wage slaves with no summer break the rest of their lives. I don’t see the problem with letting them relax and have fun in the summer. My best summer memories certainly aren’t bagging groceries.
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posted on
06/10/2008 9:00:31 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Resolute Conservative
The only teens I know who are not working...I'm not working, but I'm taking a boatload of summer courses. I could have resumed my paid internship, but taxes, gas prices, and reduced financial aid would have eaten every penny of my earnings.
My sister, though, is in a paid internship in DC.
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posted on
06/10/2008 9:01:26 AM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman)
To: AntiKev
I, at 22, am taking 6 courses at Uni...fair trade I think, since its about 35 credit hours + homework. You have my sympathies. Due to the compressed nature of summer courses, that load is tough. I'm only taking three courses at my school for a total of nine credit hours (20-25 hours of lecture per week plus homework and studying), mostly because I could not go over the ten credit hour limit without a signature from my dean, and I didn't want to push myself too hard...my next two semesters will be sufficiently challenging, and I will need some downtime to rest.
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posted on
06/10/2008 9:05:38 AM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman)
To: Resolute Conservative
I never had a job until I went to college. I did try to get a job at a local ice cream parlor, but they didn’t hire me.
I also cut grass, to earn a bit of spending money.
We just didn’t need that much money, most of the things we did to keep ourselves occupied were free — hiking through the woods, playing softball, kickball, and street hockey, building tree forts, riding bikes, reading, hanging around the pool.
My daughter (15) has to do 50 hours of community service in order to graduate (MD state mandate), am I happy about this? HELL NO! She should be out working a real job getting paid real money.
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posted on
06/10/2008 9:07:24 AM PDT
by
VastRWCon
(I love bumping at auctionbump.com)
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