tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post3203542729969399670..comments2023-05-22T02:23:18.166-07:00Comments on tallgrassworship: Financing CollegeJoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-43120924470843391222008-10-27T10:55:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:55:00.000-07:00Mel-I have to laugh at the thought of dogs followi...Mel-I have to laugh at the thought of dogs following you home! Now that's an experience you won't get in school!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-36932128587358328162008-10-26T18:57:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:57:00.000-07:00This is neat - my favorite and least favorite jobs...This is neat - my favorite and least favorite jobs all took place in the same building. I worked at the grocery store...sometimes in the floral dept, sometimes in the deli! Guess which I liked better?? On Valentine's Day, I loved the late shift...all those poor guys coming in at 9pm, saying "I need some flowers..." Often I would tell them, "Oh, great, you can get some over in the meat dept!" The look on their face was priceless! Then of course I would tease them and whip up something absolutely wondrous =) The deli was ok...we got to sample stuff. It was frustrating when older people would come behind the counter and try to tell you EXACTLY how thick/thin they wanted their head cheese to be sliced and even though they set the machine to their specifications, you still did it wrong. I also didn't like how dogs followed me around, licking my shoes, on my way home from work. Yeah, my parents made us earn car privileges! Anyway - I learned a lot about serving people and being gracious even when I had a bad day or when the customers weren't always the nicest. I also learned how to finish tasks. I can't say I always apply this to my life right now, but I couldn't leave my station until the evening checklist was complete. You wouldn't leave flowers or meat out on the counter, just to punch out on time. You finish the job. I could probably talk your ear off about what I learned! It is disappointing the way our culture has changed...well, thanks for sharing your job stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-3134157696948443232008-10-25T21:01:00.000-07:002008-10-25T21:01:00.000-07:00k-I didn't work for pay until I was about 12, and ...k-I didn't work for pay until I was about 12, and that was as a babysitter. Believe it or not, girls couldn't deliver papers when I was a kid! My own kids started paper routes when they were ten. For a while we had three routes in the family-pretty crazy! But they've all worked ever since. Unfortunately, college almost doubled in cost between my first and last child, so that youngest one had it rough, finacially. She worked three jobs, had help from us, and still has some debt. She still managed to get very good grades though!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-89129476122680106762008-10-25T20:54:00.000-07:002008-10-25T20:54:00.000-07:00I've worked part-time to full-time since I was 8 y...I've worked part-time to full-time since I was 8 years old. I started with paper routes and babysitting. Then I evolved to summer jobs as a waitress and furniture factory employee (packing ready to assemble furniture). Then at the university I attended I worked in the Alumni office and then computer lab. The computer lab got me started where I am today. I started by assisting fellow students with the computers whilst achieving my music degree and now I am a programmer longing to return to my music! <BR/><BR/>My parents insisted we work at the earliest moment we were able. My college and summer jobs enabled me to graduate college almost debt-free. I think I only owed $1500 when I graduated and the money didn't all come from my parents. I had to pay for one semester and they would pay the next after scholarships. <BR/><BR/>Things are very different today and I would encourage any parent to encourage their children to work at some point when they are able. It also helps kids have a better idea of what they don't want to do in the future. (I did not want to work in a factory the rest of my life.)Lady Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776625925276656700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-84387899107740708902008-10-24T20:21:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:21:00.000-07:00Donna, Rose, sounds like we've all had those borin...Donna, Rose, sounds like we've all had those boring institutional jobs. Wouldn't it be great to change that culture?<BR/><BR/>GB-It's too bad so many families don't expect this of their students. It's true I mostly worked in the summer, not the school year, but it still made me budget my time and my money better.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-48845861341755835082008-10-24T10:18:00.000-07:002008-10-24T10:18:00.000-07:00You are so right, Joyce! I think our college stude...You are so right, Joyce! I think our college students - and all of us - only benefit from having to work a little more, to not have things handed to us, to do the odd job here and there to bring home some bacon. Great post.Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-48876385671387596182008-10-24T06:20:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:20:00.000-07:00Amen! My children worked part-time jobs while in ...Amen! My children worked part-time jobs while in school and for at least one year out of the four lived at home to save money. Both my girls worked mainly as servers at a local restaurant, where they gained invaluable experience in dealing with people. I can't remember a "worst" job, but I did work for awhile in temporary office help at the U of I. Like you, I learned there is so much waste in government jobs, and also that a job where you don't have enough to do can be very BORING. <BR/><BR/>College tuition is becoming frighteningly expensive, but there are ways of dealing with it. In our area an excellent alternative is to go to the community college for the first two years, then transfer.<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking, too, Joyce, that some of this financial crisis may be good for us--to re-examine our values and re-think just how much "stuff" we really need.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352179045764689947.post-3096986889836997912008-10-23T20:33:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:33:00.000-07:00What a great idea for a post! I might swipe it an...What a great idea for a post! I might swipe it and do my own sometime soon. :)<BR/><BR/>My worst part-time job ever was at the library of a University I attended. I "worked" in a special collection, where we checked out about one book a day. The rest of the time I did homework or whatever. The worst part, though, was when some lady paid to have an old phone book duplicated. I had to copy one page at a time on an old copier -- the kind that the lid moves back and forth -- and it took the longest three days of my life!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896172914500564208noreply@blogger.com