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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. It's only a meeting that she is missing. Unfortunately an important one. I'm not calling her boss for her ! This is something she has to do for herself. And to the pp who is all burned up ... You get what you pay for. Pretty entitled of you to think that college and grad students should work for free. [/quote]

You have a high estimation of your high school kid's value in the labor market.

My son has an internship (competitive) and he isn't paid because he will be learning.  Trust me - he's bright, eager, but of no value to them.  They will have to invest time in him and can't jsut have him file for the month.  I don't think you understand the difference between an internship and a job.

Yes, some interns are taken advantage of, but many firms invest a lot of time in them (and time is money).[/quote]

My DD is doing a computer job. It is much cheaper to have her do it. Computer professionals are expensive. Also she has a large following on the internet. So she does have value. [b]Perhaps that is why 74 other HS students did not get the job[/b]. She is missing a meeting -- the total hours will be the same.[/quote]

Wait a minute.   This is OP immediately above, right?  So you start out saying your high school daughter needs to miss a week of an internship, and it's not paid, weak health excuse, it's only one meeting, etc. etc. but NOW you tell us that 74 other HS kids did not get the job?  Damn right, she should do the work.  Think of those 74 who didn't get that job.  My DD - in high school - was the first high schooler ever to get an internship, unpaid, on a Senate Committee.  It IS work for the Committee to run these internships.  It IS of more value for the student than for the employer.  It is a courtesy of the highest level and my DD worked damn hard to get it and no way is she going to flounce in there and say she's not showing up because of some family vacation.  We are having no family vacation this year because of of one college student in a great paid (poorly) (but paid) gig in her field and the other, a high-schooler, in the Senate.  Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get some of these elite internships and especially a paid one in your designed field?  Of course the internships and career investments come first - that's how both got into top universities.  Hard work.  OP is one lucky parent and should count her stars that her kid beat out 74 other kids for this internship and support her daughter to do a good job, be respectful, and get a  good reference out of the experience.  [/quote]

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