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Summer Job Series

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:46:47

newspaper editor

Connie Jones

Connie Jones grew up in the rural South. Her high school guidance counselor told her she was more likely to go to jail than to college. But a stranger arrived in town to set up a newspaper. Connie tells Dick that meeting this man totally changed the trajectory of her life.

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Summer Job Series

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:44:00

Sauerkraut Runner

Bob Goodale

When he was thirteen years old, Bob Goodale had an interesting summer job. Bob wrote, "I was a sauerkraut runner. In Iowa during 'sauerkraut season,' young men in hip boots trudged around in huge vats. My job was to get in the vats when the brine was below their knees and 'run' around until the brine was well over their knees!"

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Summer Job Series

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:43:02

Toe-Checker

Mel Miskimen

Mel Miskiemn took a summer job as a “toe checker” at the local pool after graduating from high school. Mel tells Dick that she used this low-paying job to take revenge on middle school snobs by enforcing the rules and making them wear unattractive bathing caps. And she paid her way through college.

Summer Job Series

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:42:00

Horse Carriage Driver

Lucy Carnaghi

Lucy Carnaghi drove a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Chicago. Lucy loved horses and she loved her job, but she confesses that till this day, she has never told her parents that it involved her driving her carriage alone, loaded with cash, at odd hours of the night.

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Summer Job Series

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:00

CARING FOR MRS. BLACKBURN

Margaret Sudekum

When Margaret Sudekum was 16, she took a summer job caring for a woman with quadriplegia named Mrs. Blackburn. Margaret says she learned a few lessons, including the idea that circumstances don't necessarily dictate how you must live your life.

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Summer Job Series

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:47:27

selling TIME SHAREs

Eileen Powers >>More

One hot June night in 1988, Eileen Powers and a friend in a car and headed to Cape Cod. After days of trolling for jobs at every restaurant and hotel they knew, the two girls saw an ad in the newspaper for "tour guides." Eileen ended up selling questionable time shares.