Summer btw HS Junior and Senior year

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Jobs that require you to show up on time, develop people skills are meaningful jobs. Jobs where you are responsible for the safety of younger kids or people in general are not scoff jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with a regular summer job. I wish we could go back to the days when summer job meant lifeguarding, babysitting, working in amusement parks, camp counseling, etc.

These summer jobs are filled with mostly middle and lower class kids like mine. My friends who are UMC look down on these types of jobs which is unfortunate. My DS has enjoyed all of his varied summer jobs and they were what he talked about in internships interviews in college.

Most of the kids we know are UMC doing lifeguarding.

Same. Chads lifeguard. Chuds work fake internships set up by their parents.

whenever I see adults talking about 17 year olds like this, it's *only* a reflection on the adults.

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Anonymous wrote:Jobs that require you to show up on time, develop people skills are meaningful jobs. Jobs where you are responsible for the safety of younger kids or people in general are not scoff jobs.

+1 My son spent two summers in high school as camp counselor to 5-6 year old boys. He can handle any kind of chaos you throw at him. Similarly, my boss has a strong preference to hire kids who were college RAs.

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My kids all worked restaurant or camp counseling jobs in high school. Honestly, I think colleges prefer that to someone whose mommy or daddy got them a job.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a HS junior, and all of his friends seem to be doing internships (mostly secured by their parents) this summer. He is interested in studying business, maybe history or economics in college. Is it really a good idea for him to spend a chunk of his summer making copies, or whatever the equivalent is these days, instead of traveling, volunteering, etc? Maybe I’m naive, but he only has so many summers left to do something cool. He’s spending the first half of the summer playing his sport and working at a day camp, and I’d like to see him spend the second half doing something really life changing instead of pushing paper at some random internship. But maybe kids need to show more professional experience and focus for college? Appreciate any advice!

Look into a summer business pre-college program. My kid did that and loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a HS junior, and all of his friends seem to be doing internships (mostly secured by their parents) this summer. He is interested in studying business, maybe history or economics in college. Is it really a good idea for him to spend a chunk of his summer making copies, or whatever the equivalent is these days, instead of traveling, volunteering, etc? Maybe I’m naive, but he only has so many summers left to do something cool. He’s spending the first half of the summer playing his sport and working at a day camp, and I’d like to see him spend the second half doing something really life changing instead of pushing paper at some random internship. But maybe kids need to show more professional experience and focus for college? Appreciate any advice!

Look into a summer business pre-college program. My kid did that and loved it.

+1 both my kids took some time off from their summer jobs to do a pre-college program. It was helpful to introduce them a bit to how their intended major is taught in college and to get a taste of living in campus.

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It was the only way kid could get exposure to business - a high area of interest for him. No classes offered in his school.

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Anonymous wrote:It was the only way kid could get exposure to business - a high area of interest for him. No classes offered in his school.

Not snarking but what did he learn about?

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with a regular summer job. I wish we could go back to the days when summer job meant lifeguarding, babysitting, working in amusement parks, camp counseling, etc.

These summer jobs are filled with mostly middle and lower class kids like mine. My friends who are UMC look down on these types of jobs which is unfortunate. My DS has enjoyed all of his varied summer jobs and they were what he talked about in internships interviews in college.

Most of the kids we know are UMC doing lifeguarding.

Same. Chads lifeguard. Chuds work fake internships set up by their parents.

whenever I see adults talking about 17 year olds like this, it's *only* a reflection on the adults.

Sure, but the kids of those adults, coasting on privilege, aren't getting any educational or work experiences relevant to college. Nice work if you can get it, and if the kid has the look and style to become a rainmaker, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with a regular summer job. I wish we could go back to the days when summer job meant lifeguarding, babysitting, working in amusement parks, camp counseling, etc.

These summer jobs are filled with mostly middle and lower class kids like mine. My friends who are UMC look down on these types of jobs which is unfortunate. My DS has enjoyed all of his varied summer jobs and they were what he talked about in internships interviews in college.

Most of the kids we know are UMC doing lifeguarding.

Same. Chads lifeguard. Chuds work fake internships set up by their parents.

whenever I see adults talking about 17 year olds like this, it's *only* a reflection on the adults.

Sure, but the kids of those adults, coasting on privilege, aren't getting any educational or work experiences relevant to college. Nice work if you can get it, and if the kid has the look and style to become a rainmaker, though.

lol What look and style would that be? Fantasizing much?

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Anonymous wrote:It was the only way kid could get exposure to business - a high area of interest for him. No classes offered in his school.

Not snarking but what did he learn about?

Even if all you learn is that a business isn't anything special, it's worth it to get familiarity. Better to get comfortable when the stakes are low. Same reason kids have recitals when they are still bad at performing arts.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with a regular summer job. I wish we could go back to the days when summer job meant lifeguarding, babysitting, working in amusement parks, camp counseling, etc.

These summer jobs are filled with mostly middle and lower class kids like mine. My friends who are UMC look down on these types of jobs which is unfortunate. My DS has enjoyed all of his varied summer jobs and they were what he talked about in internships interviews in college.

Most of the kids we know are UMC doing lifeguarding.

Same. Chads lifeguard. Chuds work fake internships set up by their parents.

whenever I see adults talking about 17 year olds like this, it's *only* a reflection on the adults.

Sure, but the kids of those adults, coasting on privilege, aren't getting any educational or work experiences relevant to college. Nice work if you can get it, and if the kid has the look and style to become a rainmaker, though.

lol What look and style would that be? Fantasizing much?

Do you think sales is something you are taught in school?

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with a regular summer job. I wish we could go back to the days when summer job meant lifeguarding, babysitting, working in amusement parks, camp counseling, etc.

These summer jobs are filled with mostly middle and lower class kids like mine. My friends who are UMC look down on these types of jobs which is unfortunate. My DS has enjoyed all of his varied summer jobs and they were what he talked about in internships interviews in college.

Most of the kids we know are UMC doing lifeguarding.

Same. Chads lifeguard. Chuds work fake internships set up by their parents.

whenever I see adults talking about 17 year olds like this, it's *only* a reflection on the adults.

Sure, but the kids of those adults, coasting on privilege, aren't getting any educational or work experiences relevant to college. Nice work if you can get it, and if the kid has the look and style to become a rainmaker, though.

lol What look and style would that be? Fantasizing much?

Do you think sales is something you are taught in school?

No. But if someone thinks a certain look or style equals rainmaking, that is questionable. Rainmakers come in all kinds of looks and styles.

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Anonymous wrote:Years of real summer jobs helped my son get a real internship in college. The recruiter said that they rarely consider students who have zero work history.

+1 my kids worked "regular" jobs during HS summers and first college summer. Did well with college internships.

Also, as someone who hires interns, I only really consider someone who had some experience like retail/camp counselor/food service. If you've only done "internships" since HS, I'm going to assume most of those weren't real jobs and that you just have well connected parents.

Agree with this. We are wealthy/well connected and my kids both did internships (like on Capitol Hill) in high school, but they also worked retail and as camp counselors to make money during college, before junior year paid internships. They learned good practical people skills in retail. For at least one kid, the retail job was a hook for getting his first post college job.

I didn’t realize Capitol Hill had high school internships. I thought it was only college and normally through your state’s house of reps member. How did you find out info about these?

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I think there are lots of programs for HS kids to study or volunteer abroad that are available for one month.