Just now the students are preoccupied with filling out applications for the Harper's Choice Middle School jobs program. I'm going to learn what I'll have to go through later to get a real job. The program is one branch of what Sue Swaim, executive director of the National Middle School Association, calls a national trend to service learning programs. Around the country, schools are moving in this direction, trying to build that relevancy into schools and expand learning opportunities beyond the walls of school buildings. Basic service learning programs, however, don't tend to emphasize getting a job.
People think bosses are mean.
It's a stereotype. And I don't think they will be like that at all. He volunteered this summer helping kids at camp. I wrote down that I have experience with children. So did Daniel Abeshouse, 13.