<p>Well, the work isn’t remotely fun or glamorous and stores in bad areas can be scummy in various ways. But menial labor builds character.
I don’t think I’d want to be a waitress, though. I work at McDonald’s rather than Steak 'n Shake or something because at least I’m guaranteed $7.70 an hour no matter what regardless of the mood of the customers.</p>
<p>I work as a middle school debate judge and I get paid $40 per tournament. I mean getting paid $40 to sit down for 3 hours and watch little kids then tell them how bad they are isn’t too bad for my standards.</p>
<p>How’d you get that job?
I used to be on a middle school debate team five years ago and I know they used to have high school students judging it but I don’t think we have that sort of thing in my new district.</p>
<p>I got it through my debate coach. She got an email from the guy in charge of the middle school league and he was recruiting judges for the year. The only requirement was that I had to be a varsity debater.</p>
<p>I’m applying for BofA student leaders! Hoping that my district has a small amount of applicants so I’ll have a better chance of getting in. I really want to get in…like bad. It would be really lovely to have a summer job as I’ll have my license and car by then. Supposedly they make $10/hr with 35-40 hours a week.
Do you guys realize that this year, 2013, is the last year that we really have to work in high school? Like by the end of this year, we’ll basically be done with senior year and college apps? And two months of this year will be summer? This realization has made me pretty motivated, its basically time to go HAM in school and everything else.
I was looking at the harvard tag on instagram( I get bored) and a girl posted her acceptance to Harvard, early action. It was so crazy that that’s where we could be in 11 months! Hands down the best motivation I’ve had in a while.
Sorry for the long post lol.</p>
<p>I see how other people are doing cool stuff for their junior year and I’m just at home studying for the SAT. I need to get involved in the community, I just do cross country & drama at school. I live in a town with no hope of internships either.</p>
<p>I’m ready to slaughter my finals in 2-3 weeks. I realized my attitude this year will have to be very arrogant. Arrogance gives me motivation. I won’t be a jerk or anything but I will mentally be arrogant. I just saw my school’s naviance, and wow. So many kids got into those 30% and under selective schools. I have some tough shoes to fill but I think I can do it. Even with my embarrassing and dismal GPA.</p>
<p>The RSI deadline got pushed back…
but my teacher recs still won’t be ready T_T</p>
<p>Just found out my school’s acceptance rate. Or acceptance rate makes Harvard’s look like a low ranked state school. Lol not really but we have around a 5-6% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>How do people know enough to care about this stuff in middle school? I wish my parents had told me I needed to worry about college back then.</p>
<p>Sorry to go off track, but Maryland schools are number 1 in the nation again this year. It’s the fifth unprecedented consecutive year!~ I’m pretty darn excited lol.</p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t think any kid should worry about college in middle school, it’s middle school for crying out loud!</p>
<p>Actually, my cousin is in 6th grade and already has a college class kinda like avid. I was like wait, you’re only 11?</p>
<p>College was never a big concern of mine until the summer. I was like “oh crap I’m going to be a junior, I have to take the ACT and SAT”</p>
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<p>Wow. Illinois schools are 28th and under the nation average. Flop state.</p>
<p>^ this one.</p>
<p>[Education</a> Week: States Show Spotty Progress on Education Gauges](<a href=“States Show Spotty Progress on Education Gauges”>States Show Spotty Progress on Education Gauges)</p>
<p>Well, Ohio’s #12. Better than I thought it would be.</p>
<p>haha, California is 36th…
I guess they have to do like Bay Area, NorCal, SoCal, and then like Central Valley or something like that. The Bay Area is worlds away from some other places’ school districts. Or perhaps it’s just that they’re richer.</p>
<p>On a random note, I’m running for Lieutenant Governor of my division for Key Club, and I just finished my letter of intent. Yay! I just need to get my history teacher’s letter of recommendation and I will be all set. Then I just write my speech (basically a shortened version of my letter of intent), and await election/caucus time. If I get this position, I may be the happiest person in the world!</p>
<p>Speaking of clubs…
I’ve been looking through the threads and everyone is always going on about their leadership positions, and I was just wondering if something like organizing the Hispanic culture fair at my school counts as leadership. Besides all of the club elections that I have the smallest of hopes of winning- me not being the most popular of students- that is the only position that I can think of claiming so far.</p>
<p>Wow! New York #3! Obviously not the schools in my district, though…</p>