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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These jobs should be going to local teens . It's appalling that in our neighborhood pool not one local teen is working as a lifeguard.[/quote]

Let's be honest.  Many middle and upper-class kids would rather not work if they don't have to or do internships, SSL hours, etc.  I teach the lifeguarding course for many local pool companies and they go out of their way to try and recruit local teenagers.  They go to many MCPS high schools and set up job fairs but kids just aren't flocking to the job like they were even ten years ago.  Heck, even when I was a pool guard back in the late 90's the companies would comment how fewer and fewer kids were applying for lifeguarding jobs.  It also doesn't help that our couch potato tendencies make it a challenge for some of the teens taking the course to pass the pre-requisite swim tests given the first night of class.  [/quote]

Because the pay is crappy!  If they were paying more (as they should be!) they would get more teens to do it.  Same with all the other jobs that get taken by illegal immigrants or other low paid foreign workers.  [/quote]

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