Tiffany Martin
Student Intern
This past week, I surveyed four students on what it?s like to have a job and maintain a steady life at the same time. I found out that they all seem to care about their jobs, even though some of them work quite a bit.
Ryan Sipe works at Hoodoo ski area. He works from four to ten p.m. on Fridays, and works only about three nights a month. His job is to assist skiers who get hurt and need medical attention. Usually, there aren’t that many accidents, so Ryan pretty much gets to ski for free all night. Ryan enjoys his job and says that homework is no problem.
Scherry Pearson works at Figaro?s here in Sweet Home. Her job is to make pizzas, use the cash register, and clean. Her hours vary, but she normally works fifteen hours a week. She used to work a lot in the beginning and got behind in her school work. She is also on the dance team, so that also tends to make school work a more challenging task. Scherry loves everyone at her job and says it?s not bad working there at all.
Clayton Stagmier works at the Road of Life Automotive. His job is to clean. He works from eight to five every Saturday. Clayton says his job prevents him from having fun on the weekends because his only free day is Sunday. He enjoys working when he gets to work on cars instead of having to clean.
Angela Robertson works at Safeway in Lebanon. She is a courtesy clerk. She brings in carts, bags groceries, carryouts, and bottles. She works twenty seven to thirty five hours a week, and on weekends she opens, so she cant go out and do stuff. She doesn’t ever go to games or school activities because she has to work. Despite the hours, Angela says she likes her job.
After I surveyed the students, I took the time to talk to the guy in charge of Co-op, Mr. Chuck Thompson. He believes that individual learning doesn’t take place in the classroom, but through experience. You cant duplicate life by just sitting in a classroom. He thinks that a person learns better by doing instead of listening. One thing that he has noticed is that most sports players at the high school never get a chance to experience Co-op because they are too busy with practicing. Co-op teaches students how to manage time and responsibility. It also gives students the chance to see what it?s like to work at the bottom, working dirty jobs in most cases. Mr. Thompson thinks that it is really great to see so many people in the community being cooperative in giving students jobs. Most Co-op students get paid for what they do. Mr. Thompson says that the biggest problem he sees is students trying to manage their time with all the things that they have to do. Sometimes their personal and social life can really get cut short. Almost to nothing. Most students get jobs because they need money or they have something that they need to pay for. Such as a car. Their need for money tends to drive them in maintaining a job.