Did you work while going to HS and college?

[Gary M]

During high school in the late '50's I would bale hay some summer days and during the summer of '59 I worked at a Sinclair gas station. This was when you pumped the gas, cleaned the windows and checked under the hood. During college I worked at a General Motors plant in Anderson, IN, one summer. Another summer I worked for the Indiana State Highway Dept.. I loved the highway job. I got a great tan and good exercise.

 

[indimom]

High school: Babysitting, Carpet Cleaning (summers).
College: Carpet Cleaning (summer). Editing papers. Waitress. Computer Lab.
The summer after my sophomore year, I had a paid internship at a small daily newspaper near my college.
The summer after my junior year, I had a paid internship at a small daily newspaper near my home. They wanted to hire me, and were willing to work with me on completing my degree. So my senior year of college, I commuted 2.5 hours (one way) two days a week to complete my college courses, and worked four long days a week at the newspaper.

 

[aprilchem]

I worked in our local public library in high school and also volunteered at the local hospital. I didn't work in college except as a TA for labs; that's how I got my gas money.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Hard to remember a time I wasn't working. My parents worked hard just to make ends meet so I knew if I wanted to have some extras I had to earn them myself. And that was fine--gave me something to do, taught me the value of work and gave me pride that I was doing for myself to some degree.

Around 11 I started mowing yards, washing cars, raking leaves and picking up my neighbor's glass pop bottles (yes, I'm that old). I had a "paycheck" job in high school working in a grocery store, and in college I had a couple of different jobs, working in the college bookstore and refereeing intramural sports. In the summer I umpired baseball (Little League through American Legion) and worked for a company in its office products warehouse.

 

[mom2rtk]

I had a couple part time jobs in high school. I worked full time summers during college. First year in college I had a part time work study job. After that I worked off campus 30 plus hours a week at a book store.

 

[DVC-Don]

When I was 12 I had an afternoon paper route until I was 15. Then I worked in a grocery store after school for a year, followed by a janitor job in a wood working factory (full time during summer breaks). In college I worked full time during the summer breaks as a security officer at a defense plant.

 

[Momto2minniemice]

I started working at 14 in the summer. When I was 15 I worked in retail and did so until getting my big girl job. While having my adult job I went to school and finished my degree.
For my girls i encourage them to volunteer and to give back over working.

 

[soccerdad72]

High school - lifeguarding, part-time during the school year and full time through the summer.
College - some lifeguarding, one summer working for my father (plumbing) and a couple years working as an office assistant in our Business department

 

[prprincess]

During HS I worked a few jobs--at a gift shop at the mall during the week, and then at a doctor's office on the weekends. Once that store went out of business, I also left the doctor's office and worked at a watch shop until my Sophomore year in college. I then left there to work as a data entry specialist at a bank, where I stayed until graduation. But throughout all of that, I'd help my uncle with his specialty toy business when he needed it. Yeah, I was very busy in my teens and early 20s!! But my mom was a single parent, so we needed it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Just babysat in high school. In college I worked at a campus pizza place and Rite Aid.

ETA: I forgot - I worked at McDonald's the summer between HS and college and then sporadically my freshman year of college (when I'd come home on the weekends).

 

[scrapquitler]

My parents owned a business, so I always worked for them. I did a lot of babysitting as well. Senior year of high school, I got a job working as a cashier at the grocery store. During college I worked at 7Eleven during the summer and during school breaks, but I didn't have a job during the school year, my parents felt that with all the money they were paying for school that I should concentrate on school.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Yes, I babysat, had several retail jobs and was a waitress.

 

[brockash]

I babysat during my HS years and in college I worked in the cafeteria dishroom and during the summers I worked cleaning the dorms. And in between HS and going off to college I was a camp counselor.

Once I turned 16, I worked about 36 hours a week during the school year and a ridiculous amount during the summer. I also worked full time through college. I really struggle with my DS (15) working in HS. On the one hand, it is a good experience as far as having a job etc. and it could be a nice way to figure out how to balance money etc. -on a larger scale than just allowance, but on the other hand, once I started working it was my main focus and I really should have put more into school instead of my high school job...it's also where I met a lot of not great influences and had many more opportunities to do stuff I shouldn't have been etc. I was lucky and it didn't really effect my life at all long term, however it def. could have.

 

[DawnM]

High school, no, there wasn't any opportunity. College, yes. I worked as a waitress mostly and then was a teaching assistant my Sr. year.

 

[growingupdis]

High school - child care programs, lifeguarding, swimming instructor, babysitting - up to 15 hrs a week
HS summers - camp counsellor - full time
College - lifeguarding, swimming instructor, language instructor, outreach program coordinator - 30 hrs a week
College summers - Camp counsellor, University orientation program coordinator, camp nurse

I'm very lucky I've had quite a bit of work experience up until this point! With one year left of my second degree I'm considering getting a serving job before heading out into the real world

 

[Micca]

Worked part-time senior year of high school, full time in college.

 

[RedAngie]

During junior and senior years of HS: counter girl at bakery, assistant at public library, various mundane tasks at my father's company.

College:
Ticket seller at off-campus theatre
Physically counting inventory at various retail locations for stores that hired my company's service
Telephone order taker for those TV commercials advertising various junk "Operators are standing by"
Info desk at Student Union
Typing term papers for other students
Full time summers office work/accounting at my father's company

 

[Aliceacc]

From the age of 16 until I started teaching, I waitressed in a seafood restaurant, as did all my friends. We all worked 4 nights a week, from 4 till about midnight

 

[SC Minnie]

HS-- jr and sr year I worked at the local movie theater.

College-- jr and sr year I worked at JC Penney in the mall.

 

[Kitty 34]

During junior and senior years of HS: counter girl at bakery, assistant at public library, various mundane tasks at my father's company.

College:
Ticket seller at off-campus theatre
Physically counting inventory at various retail locations for stores that hired my company's service
Telephone order taker for those TV commercials advertising various junk "Operators are standing by"
Info desk at Student Union
Typing term papers for other students
Full time summers office work/accounting at my father's company

I forgot about typing term papers....did that a lot!!