Currently, teens have a catalog of jobs from which they can choose, ranging from fast food to daycares and even assisting at a dentist’s office.
Freshman Evee Hoard found her first job at 14 years old through her grandma’s frozen yogurt shop, Cuppa Yo’, and plans to keep her job for a while.
“My grandma owns the shop,” Hoard said. “It pays good, well enough for me at least. I like working there a lot; it’s fun.”
While Hoard enjoys her job, she struggles with transportation, considering she can not drive, yet.
“I’ve got to find rides, and it’s kind of hard to do that with after-school sports,” Hoard said.
Junior Kamryn Windholz’s first job was working at Dairy Queen. She has mixed feelings about her shifts.
“I like it most of the time, until we have a rush,” Windholz said. “I had an all-guys shift yesterday, so I was the only girl there.”
Junior Tyler Henman connected his job at Butler Community College to his future.
“I’m gonna go to Butler, and I already have a job set up after school,” Henman said. “I plan on keeping it until I graduate from college.”
His job did not consist of the same routine, he performed small tasks.
“I did whatever they asked me to do, so I cleaned up stuff, I’d rewire stuff, I’d restart computers,” Henman said.
Junior Aurora Richardson began her first job at 15 years old with her mom.
“My first job was working with my mom at the El Dorado Family Dentistry,” Richardson said. “I sterilized all their tools and cleaned rooms.”
Richardson does not think this job will benefit her in the future.
“I had a lot of interesting people,” Richardson said. “I don’t think I’d have that job, though; it’s very bloody and gross.”
For Richardson, the job was temporary.
“I was bored in the summer, so my mom just gave me a pair of scrubs and let me go to town,” Richardson said.
