WHAT'S YOUR TEENAGER UP TO THIS SUMMER?

NEALZ NUZE ^ | JUNE 10, 2008 | NEAL BOORTZ

[Grizzled Bear]

My oldest daughter just returned from 3 weeks teaching at an English camp in Thailand...

IBTT

(In Before the "Thailand?")

[SoftballMominVA]

My older found a job in less than a week at Wal-Mart and a second one stocking shelves at night at Safeway. My younger found one as a nanny for the summer.

There are jobs out there for kids who don't mind working, and working hard, for their paycheck.

[SoftballMominVA]

I don’t see the problem with letting them relax and have fun in the summer.....

That's true to a point. Mine will both be in college in the fall (1 junior, 1 freshman) and mom and dad DO NOT supply spending money under any circumstance, as my older found out in April when she had $18 to her name. In her own words "I'm not going to be poor again!" thus the 2 jobs.

Mom and Dad are hard people sometimes, but good budgeting lessons never come cheap.

[mysterio]

Yeah, my parents were pretty good about my summers, too. They let me enjoy the summers in high school, and I kept a 4.0. In college, I did work part time during the summers, which wasn’t a big deal.

[Sender]

Many of the classic teen summer jobs, such as working at McDonalds or in other restaurants, are now taken by Hispanics. I haven’t been to a fast food restaurant or listened at the kitchen door in a restaurant for years without hearing everything in Spanish. I even went to a Hibachi steak house and the knife-wielding cook was Hispanic. It was kind of funny to see a Mexican cook making jokes like “this Japanese Coca-Cola” and pretending to be Japanese.

[Myrddin]

From Jan 1974 until June 1976 I took 18-22 units every quarter (Fall/Winter/Spring) then jammed in additional units over the summer. Finding Summer classes was challenging in 1974. In 1975 the summer yielded 10 units in organic chemistry + lab. The O-chem lectures met M-F 8 am - 5 PM non-stop. The labs were 6 PM to 9 PM T-Th. That was a great way to put an 'A' in the O-chem column for the lecture and lab with no distractions. The 4 year degree was completed in 2 1/2 years.

I had a friend who took 36 units at San Diego State. That's an insane amount of units. I was pleasantly surprised to see him finish the work without damaging his GPA.

Keep up the effort. That degree makes difference in starting salary. It's no picnic to finish in a compressed time frame.

[Kimmers]

Good for your dad and I know you learned the value of a dollar....I don’t think there are too many parents that are willing to do that anymore.....We bought the lawn mower but our boys had to lease it back from, so it was not a free ride and they still pocketed plenty of money in the summer.