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Summer jobs can teach us a lot
Summer is almost over. Have you ever worked a part-time job
during the summer?
Summer jobs can teach us a lot
Summer is almost over. Have you ever worked a part-time job
during the summer?
When I was growing up, many of my friends held part-time jobs in
junior and senior high school. I had a few jobs myself at that age.
I started working at a bookstore when I was about 14 or so. I went to
the bookstore every day after school to look for new books and hang out
with my friends, so I thought, why not work there and make some
money?
But the most common jobs for teenagers in the US are restaurant
jobs. Working in the kitchen, waiting tables and washing dishes are a few
of the most typical ( 典型的) ones. I worked in a few restaurants growing
up, starting with McDonalds in junior high and Little Caesar’s (a US
pizza chain) in high school.
One of the reasons these jobs are often worked by teenagers is that
they pay minimum wage (最低工资 ). Employers don’t want to pay
young, inexperienced (缺少经验的 ) workers too much money, but
minimum wage is still OK. And of course, teenagers don’t need a ton of
money. When I worked at the bookstore, I spent my entire salary in the
same store buying books. So it was almost like my boss paid me in books
instead of money. But at the time, that was