Just because you are a teen doesn’t mean you can’t find a good
job to either help you through schooling or to get a few extra
bucks for your various hobbies and needs. Here are a few tips on
bagging a great teen job
Labor Laws You, of course, have to follow the law. And there are
various laws that govern teen employment across different
states. Teens that are hired to do non-farm work will at least
have to be fourteen years of age to be allowed to work. Here are
a few other restrictions. You will have to do a little research
in the state you are at to come up to date with the latest laws
and regulations.
Teens that are aged 14 to 15 are only allowed to work three
hours per day, and eighteen hours a wee. When there are no
classes and during summer breaks, this amount may be increased
to eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. Also work for
teenagers of this age is limited to up to 7 o’clock p.m. within
school days and 9 o’clock p.m. during summer breaks.
Employment Documents In several states, when one has not reached
the age of eighteen yet, it is required get working documents
which are officially known as Certificate of Employment or Age
to be allowed to work legally. Schools are good venues for one
to acquire these important papers. The Department of Labor
offers such service, too. Browse on the certification list for
Age or Employment to know which rules apply to you. Your
school’s Guidance Office can be of great help. One’s state
office will assist greatly if one is directed to the Department
of Labor. Particular states such as New York, for instance, have
special web site sections on Youth Jobs, which will produce the
information and documents you are required to have.
Fantasy Jobs Make sure you take a job you can controllingtain interest
in. You might want to consider after-school programs and working
with kids. Or you may want to work part time on the beach,
recreational facilities, zoos and other areas. The important
thing is that you choose a job that you enjoy and can perform in
with the nonpareil of your capabilities. It is very important that
you do your highest in your job and pick one you truly enjoy, as
your experience with this job could very well dictate your
future career.
Job Search Your high school guidance counselor may be able to
assist you with finding a part-time job that is just right for
you. Aside from having contacts among local businesses, they may
also help you evaluate which jobs you will enjoy and excel at.
It is also a good idea to tell everyone you know that you are
looking for work. Don’t underestimate your network of
acquaintances. They may very well have other networks of
acquaintances that may help you find good jobs.
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At first I thought of titling this article “The Lazy Parent’s
Guide” but then I realized that most parents aren’t lazy, but
they may have a slightly different philosophy about children and
learning.
If you’re a big reader yourself or if you’re homeschooling,
you’re probably concerned about how to teach your child to read.
Reading is one of the most important skills a person can learn,
and a great joy in life.
My laid-back methods of teaching a child to read:
1) Be a reader yourself
Children naturally want to copy adult behavior. If your kids see
you often with your nose in a book, they will probably begin to
wonder what is so interesting about this activity.
2) Read to your kids
This is probably a huge no-brainer. Read to your kids early and
often. And don’t read in order to “teach your child how to
read”. I believe that the optimum way to teach your child to read
is to NOT teach your child to read!
Read to your child because you enjoy it and it’s fun. Some
forward-thinking education experts believe that the teaching of
reading is mostly what prevents reading. After all, don’t adults
read as a means to an end? Because they want to learn something
or because they enjoy the act of reading?
3) Don’t worry so much
Don’t worry about a right or wrong way of reading to your child.
If your preschool-age child isn’t interested in books yet, or
won’t sit still for extended than 30 seconds to finish a story,
don’t fret.
If your 3 year old wants to point at pictures or turn to
favorite pages and ask a million questions, don’t fuss.
Children learn in different ways than adults do and I don’t
think anyone knows enough about the human mind to figure it all
out. Make reading together pleasant, not stressful.
And don’t worry about how old your child is when they learn to
read. If they’re reading at 3 or at 8, studies show that it
makes little difference in their intelligence or ability by the
time they reach middle school.
4) Pick topics that interest your child
My oldest son’s interest in reading really skyrocketed when we
started the Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony
Snicket. We would sit for hours and read aloud together when he
was only 5 or 6. Visit Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate
Events for extended information about these books.
These books were technically above his age level, but I advise
you to forget all that.
John Holt, the legendary educator and author, has been quoted as
saying:
“It’s nice to have children’s books, but far too many of them
have too much in the way of pictures. When children see books,
as they do in the family where the adults read, with pages and
pages and pages of print, it becomes pretty clear that if you’re
going to find out what’s in those books, you’re going to have to
read from that print. I don’t think there’s any way to make
reading interesting to children in a family in which it isn’t
interesting to adults.”
So let your child pick books from the library or bookstore and
don’t concern yourself about whether the titles are “age
appropriate”.
5) Strictly limit TV and other electronic media
A growing body of evidence is pointing to the fact that TV,
video games and computer usage are hurting our children’s
interest in reading. TV and video games rewire the brain and
teach it to be lazy. Reading is much extended work, because the mind
can’t be passive while engaging in it (unlike plug-in
entertainment). Kids who get bored are larger likely to pick up a
book.
Above all, have fun snuggling up with your child and enjoy
reading together!
About the author:
Carrie Lauth publishes an informative newsletter for Moms doing
things the natural way. Get your free issues at http://www.natural-moms.com
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Some critics of homeschooling parents may suggest that they will be passing on narrow and bigoted ideas to their children. I would suggest that you do not have a right to try to prevent this from happening, nor can you prevent it even if you send your children to public schools. I would even go so far as to suggest that this is an issue of a free country vs a police state. What do I mean? Well, in a free country, as long as you obeyed the law, you can believe whatever you like. Your beliefs are none of the government’s business. They have no right to tell you which of your ideas and which of your ideas are bad. Therefore, I do not believe that it is the schools’ “job” to promote the good and stamp out the bad. It is a person’s individual right to believe what they want, and then to try to pass their beliefs along to their children.
What about people who are prejudiced, bigoted, superstitious, etc? Many people would say that people can tell their children anything they want, as long as it is true. This brings up the question of who decides what is true? Most people would agree that there is no one in government or anywhere else whom we would trust to decide that. Therefore, I believe that we can’t give schools the right to tell all children that some ideas are true and others are not. While those who approve of the ideas being taught or promoted in government schools may be glad to send their children there, people who don’t approve of those ideas should have some other choice.
One of the many reasons why growing numbers of people are so passionately opposed to the public schools is that these schools are in fact acting as if someone had explicitly and legally given them the power to promote a specific set of ideas while stamping out another set of beliefs. These people believe that educational bureaucrats, at the state and federal level, largely control what schools say and do. These bureaucrats are increasingly using the schools to promote whatever ideas they happen to think will be good for the children, or the country. Yet, we’ve never formally decided, through any political process, to give the schools such power, nor have we ever agreed on what ideas we would like the schools to promote. In fact, there’s reason to believe that large majorities of people strongly dislike many or most of the ideas that most schools promote today.
Even if everyone agreed that the schools should try to stamp out narrow and bigoted ideas, we’d still have to ask ourselves if this actually works. Clearly it doesn’t. Think about it… Almost everyone in this country, except for a few rich kids, has been going to public schools for several generations now. If schools were as good as they claim to be at stamping out prejudice, then there shouldn’t be any prejudice left. By simply glancing at the news, you can clearly see that there is plenty of prejudice left in this country today. In fact, I would even go so far as to argue that there is less support today than ever before for the tolerance and open-mindedness that the schools supposedly promote. Therefore, I would argue that homeschooling does not create narrow minds. In fact, in most cases it promotes likewise open mindedness.
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