Thanks for your stories. Just wondering, about these children/nephews/nieces, what was their chosen major in college and on average, how many hours a week did they work while there were attending college, during the school year and during the summer?
My son will turn 20 this spring. He’s finishing up his second year of community college and planning to transfer to a 4-year university this fall. His grades are pretty good; it took him a while to figure out how hard he needed to work and how to study efficiently. Now he’s making As and Bs consistently.
He plans to study business, and - being handsome, a sharp dresser, and persuasive - will probably end up in sales or marketing, unless he unexpectedly falls in love with finance or something. His experience in low-end retail has opened his eyes to what jobs he can expect without education in a practical field!
He previously worked as a lifeguard, about 40 hours a week. Since he started this job last August, he’s consistently worked 20-30 hours a week.
My nephew is in his final two years of a computer science major/psychology minor. Don’t ask me how he came up with that combo. He works as many hours as he can get during the summer and 20-30 hours per week during the school year. My brother (his father) died while he was in junior high, so the kid has really had to hustle.
Daughter did finish college in 4 years, worked in Alaska her first summer of college and worked part time and did paid and unpaid internships all four years.
The entrepreneur in the family, the youngest went three years to college, working summers only and quit to start his chimney sweep business and he is good at it. He is so smart but choose to work with his hands in manual labor, but its his own company so that is super challenging for him.