Working class Teens

Alex Stuwe1

Table Of ContentsForeword

Chapter 1: Sweet Shop

Chapter 2: Ski Renter

Chapter 3: Tennis

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ForewordGrowing up as a teenager, you’ll pres-sured into getting a job. Having a job myself, I wanted to find out what it was like to go through the lives of other such teenagers who have jobs. The pro-cess of making this book was tough but was a great learning experience! I hope you enjoy the contents within.

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Sweet ShopThe local non-profit candy shop, The Sweet Shop has made a name for it-self in the small town of Los Altos. Local teenagers working at the Sweet Shop serving local kids at the ele-mentary or junior schools. The atmo-sphere of the shop is very friendly co workers all get along and do what they can to make the customers feel comfortable and content.

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As you walk up to the Sweet Shop, this will be the very first sign you see. Displayed across the window, a welcoming entry to this one of a kind shop.

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Signs painted with vibrant colors re-mind you that your in a sort of “won-derland” with the huge selection of candy that over-whelms many.

The Sweet Shop has grown to be a lo-cal spot for kids to go buy some candy and hangout with friends.

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Gumball machines and shelfs full of candy are picked and brought to the counter so that teenagers such as Will can seel the customers the candy they choose. Learn-ing to deal with kids as well as fel-low co-workers gives will a big step ahead for future jobs where he might have to tolerate less likeable co-workers.

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Will works with teenagers around his age as well as a few other workers who are much older than him. He enjoys working with his co-workers in this friendly atmosphere. “All the people that work here are really nice and the boss is great and the owner is nice and everybody there is really nice.” Working with such welcoming people gives will the motivation to go back to work as well as the experiences that he will gain throughout his career at the sweet shop. “It’s also great work experience for the real world not a lot of high school students have jobs most people get their first job in college or after college so it’s good to get experience in be-fore that.”

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Different sorts of candy is scattered throughout the shop.

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The Sweet Shop isn’t only fo-cused on seel-ing candy, they also sell a nice variety of drinks to cus-tomers who are more parched than anything else!

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Ski

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One of two signs in front of

the Ski Renter of Mountain

View.

Located next to a few other local shops the Ski Renter is a little tricky to find

The back of the ski shop is lined with ski's about to be waxed and edged for custom-ers.

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Inside the shop is the snowboard rack as well as the ski pole shelf where Nick will pull out appropriate snowboards ac-cording to what the customer requests. Nick isn't limited to only snowboards, he also rents out ski's, ski boots, snowboard boots, as well assnow clothing. "Well i work at the ski renter in mountain view its a ski rental shop and over there I basi-cally help customers and rent them ski gear and I work on skis too when there arent customers to work with."

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Hundreds of ski's wait to be inspected and functioned tested by Nick and his co-workers. Working at the shop is Nick's first job and working at the shop has given him many valuable life les-sons, some lessons are new, some lessons are things he though he knew, but having a job really taught him that he didnt know as much as he thought.

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"One valuable experience I think i've learned is how to manage

finances now that I get a paycheck every two weeks i've learned

how to like when I first got the job I had no bank accounts so

now that I do I had to learn how to open a bank account I have

checkings and savings and I learned how to deposit a check now

that I have the income i'm learning how to spend it well and save

and skills you think you know but it really helps to help build the

basics."

-Nick Bousse

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Tennis

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Braden starts off his daily warm up with his students at Foothils Country Club.

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‘‘I think its valuable because I think kids that are given things don’t appreciate much like even if your family is really well off I think that you should still work for things and earn it.’’ -Braden Holt

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Working as a teenager has really benefited Braden. He feels that working as a teenager is extremely reward-ing because you learn to really buckle down and focus on your work. ‘‘And some disadvantages and you want to hangout with your friends and you have to say no I can’t hangout I have work but you also are becoming more of an adult for learning to work and get used to it. So id really say that there a no real disadvantages.’’

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Works Cited

Scheetz, William. Personal Interview. 2 March 2013

Holt, Braden. Personal Interview. 13 March 2012

Bousse, Nick. personal Interview. 18 March 2013

Smiley, Colneth, Jr. “Funds ensure more jobs for teens.” Bos-ton Herald 14 June2009: 016. Opposing Viewpoints In Con-text. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

“In Long Run, Jobs Help Students; Real-World Experience.” New York Times 18 May 1998. Opposing Viewpoints In Con-text. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

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