Comments on: Teen Topic – a palatable and profitable summer job http://joelleanthony.com/daily-writings/teen-topic-a-palatable-and-profitable-summer-job/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:10:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Thacker http://joelleanthony.com/daily-writings/teen-topic-a-palatable-and-profitable-summer-job/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Kim Thacker Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:19:43 +0000 http://joelleanthony.com/daily-writings/teen-topic-a-palatable-and-profitable-summer-job/#comment-3187 That's awesome! I was raised knowing that if I didn't get a scholarship, I wasn't going to college. Not that my parents wouldn't have tried to help me and my siblings--they just couldn't. That was the situation for most kids in my tiny hometown. Many of us were able to go to school through scholarships (including me and all of my siblings, although we also all worked part time or full time). The fact that we received our higher degrees in part through the generosity of others is something I'll always remember. Hopefully, someday I'll be able to pass the buck along to someone who wouldn't otherwise have an opportunity to get any higher education. In response to Eileen's comment, my husband, who teaches English at the university level, says that his students who work are, in general, far more dedicated and successful than those who don't. Not that you can't be a success and not work while you're going to college...but I think there's something to be said for the discipline required to work while going to school. Also, the things we pay for with money we've earned (or sought out, like the young lady in Joelle's post) always seem to have so much more value to us, don't you think? LONG COMMENT! SORRY! That’s awesome! I was raised knowing that if I didn’t get a scholarship, I wasn’t going to college. Not that my parents wouldn’t have tried to help me and my siblings–they just couldn’t. That was the situation for most kids in my tiny hometown. Many of us were able to go to school through scholarships (including me and all of my siblings, although we also all worked part time or full time). The fact that we received our higher degrees in part through the generosity of others is something I’ll always remember. Hopefully, someday I’ll be able to pass the buck along to someone who wouldn’t otherwise have an opportunity to get any higher education.

In response to Eileen’s comment, my husband, who teaches English at the university level, says that his students who work are, in general, far more dedicated and successful than those who don’t. Not that you can’t be a success and not work while you’re going to college…but I think there’s something to be said for the discipline required to work while going to school. Also, the things we pay for with money we’ve earned (or sought out, like the young lady in Joelle’s post) always seem to have so much more value to us, don’t you think?

LONG COMMENT! SORRY!

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]]> By: Eileen http://joelleanthony.com/daily-writings/teen-topic-a-palatable-and-profitable-summer-job/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Eileen Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:06:33 +0000 http://joelleanthony.com/daily-writings/teen-topic-a-palatable-and-profitable-summer-job/#comment-426 I read an article over the weekend that teens who work part time tend to be more likely to graduate from college. Go figure. I read an article over the weekend that teens who work part time tend to be more likely to graduate from college. Go figure.

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