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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0125 With freedom comes responsibility. Financial responsi- bility. As young people and as students we want two things: we want stuff to show off and we want to be entertained. Unfortunately that five dollars a week allowance, which you have been negotiating a raise in for the past ten years, just isn't cutting it now that .- you're a teenager. What to do? While some of our finer students resort to panhandling for lunch money from friends, the rest of us go out and find a way to earn the means in an attempt to fulfill our desired ends. Yes, we get part-time jobs. You may see us at grocery stores squashing your bread; at fast food places getting your order wrong; at restaurants serving you with turtle-like speed; calling your house during dinner time to sell you the "Ultimate Potato Peeler/Answering Machine 2000GXF;" cutting you off in traffic to get the pizza there in thirty minutes or less; scariest of all, you may even be entrusting us with your small children for a few hours this weekend. Whatever we do for money the ends are worth the means. On Friday night when you're at work and your friends are out at the new suburban entertainment develop- ment, don't worry; think of the fabulous Christmas present you can now afford to buy for your Great- aunt Gertrude. She will be so appreciative of that "Ultimate Potato Peel- er/Answering Machine 2000GXF" when she opens it up Christmas morning; or you could think "Today is payday and I can still catch the last showing of the Adam Sandler movie if I hurry." Then you could appreciate the new Creed CD that you're going to buy when it l comes out Tuesday. However you choose to spend your checks remem- ber, this may be your first but definitely not your last job in a long line of part time work. Oh, yeah, don't for- get about that cute new co- worker of the opposite sex. — Mia Billetdeaux J