<p>DS will be finishing his freshman year, but he won’t be home until the end of June, which took him out of contention for several internship programs. At the moment, he doesn’t have a plan. I’m disappointed that he doesn’t have something in place. He may be volunteering part time and looking for part time work when he gets home. Not good.</p>
<p>DD finishing up junior year in HS has several camps lined up and we have some travel plans.</p>
<p>D1 is a H.S. senior. Four days after graduation she leaves for her job as a camp counselor. She gets back four days before she has to move in at college.</p>
<p>D2 is finishing her freshman year at H.S. She will attend drivers ed and driving school; do community service, and attend two camps - a basic outdoors camp and a theater camp (she’s a theater kid).</p>
<p>My daughter is finishing up her junior year of college and is waiting to hear if she got a nursing externship - she finds out on May 17. My son will be graduating from high school and will be working full time for my husband who owns a manufacturing business.</p>
<p>babyfrog finished first college year on Friday. She has a week to catch her breath, then is having major reconstructive surgery on her clavicle (she’s managed to break it 3 times, and after the final insult, it just didn’t heal well…). She will be doing lots of PT and pilates work, trying not to lose her strength and flexibility as a dancer. She will start in June an internship w/a professional photography studio, self-study for a class she can do over the summer, and get proficient at operating her new Mac.</p>
<p>DS, hs senior, will start a full-time job as a groundskeeper two days after graduation. He has to make money for college, and he lucked into this job. It pays above minimum wage and he will get off work around 3 each day leaving plenty of time to play with friends before heading off. All other summers were spent doing enrichment for college, plays, etc so I think it will be a nice change for him.</p>
<p>I have no idea what my kid will do this summer. There is some possibility that he will take a trip to Ireland/England for a few weeks to hang with his cousins, courtesy of my mother’s gift of frequent flyer miles. That is most likely if he gets and chooses to take a 6-month internship for which he has applied that begins in July. On the other hand, if he decides to take the bird in the hand, which is a year in France with a stipend–which is what I think he should do–he may spend the summer temping to boost his bank account.</p>
<p>S2 just graduated from college this weekend but will spend the summer doing a required unpaid internship that he must complete to receive his diploma. We are happy about the internship. Hoping it may turn into a paid position at the end of the internship period.</p>
<p>Right now, the only definite is taking a tough class during summer session (a science with 3 hour labs) so it doesn’t derail other academics during the school year. She’s applied for some jobs but I don’t know if she has anything lined up. I may create a project for her to do at my office. </p>
<p>I think her days will be like this: sleep late, marinate, caffeinate. Eat, run, shower, repeat.</p>
<p>D1 just finished her freshman year (art major) and has a paid full time computer programming internship that starts in two weeks. She will also be taking a class at the local CC.</p>
<p>D2 is finishing her sophomore year of HS. She will be taking a college course this summer, attending a youth conference and then will begin marching band camp at the end of July. She would like to get a summer job, but hasn’t been successful.</p>
<p>DD has been working part time in a supermarket (Wegmans) since she was 15 and will be back there again this summer. She a little tired of being on the register and they will probably train her for a different dept this summer. </p>
<p>As long as she works a certain number of hours, they will renew her $1,500 scholarship each year.
She will be spending non working hours, sleeping.</p>
<p>S1 graduating on Sunday from Rutgers School of Engineering and starts his full time job a week later! Wooooo Hoooo! S2 is working full time and will continue that while taking a couple of classes at night to finish his degree. D1 is a senior in hs and is interviewing for jobs and might volunteer one day a week at the hospital. </p>
<p>Karen</p>
<p>My son just finished his sophomore year, after battling illness. He’s doing well now, but he’s not 100% yet. He will be studying for the first actuarial exam that he can take in November. I’m very proud of him. My parents, sister, niece, and two nephews are coming up to enjoy Maine for two weeks, so he can enjoy spending time with them. And we’re getting a puppy on Saturday. Lots of good stuff going on after a difficult year and a half!</p>
<p>S1 will be wrapping up his FY of college at the end of this week… and will be working FT as a greenskeeper at a local golf course, beginning next Monday. He also has to train for football - following the team’s prescribed strength and conditioning program. D1 will be graduating from HS in early June, and recently began a summer job at a seasonal ice cream/fast food dive. My twelve year old boys will be doing a week of Scout camp and other BS outings through summer… and simply enjoy being kids. We are all spending a week at the beach in ME in August.</p>
<p>DS will graduate from hs. Then he will work two unpaid internships, one as a social media net worker, second as an event planner. He’ll free-lance tutor in WordPress for $25/hr and teach a free workshop in WordPress to new business start-ups. He’ll also master enough Python and C## to stay afloat in his college CS classes. In his spare time he’ll work on the family farm and finally learn to pickle the cucumbers he loves to eat. I’m also plotting a way to convince him to can tomato sauce for me this summer. (500 lbs of tomatoes) Haven’t found the motivating factor yet. But avoiding that chore will make him want to study very hard, as study is the only excuse that works around here. His choices; learn Python and C## or shovel ***** out of the poultry houses. I think we all know what he’ll choose.</p>
<p>So many productive kids here!!! It’s wonderful to see.</p>
<p>My S is a rising hs senior. He will vacation with the family for 2 weeks in Thailand, work his Subway job, do data entry at the National Development and Research Institute, and attend the Ancestral Health Symposium at Harvard (with parents) in August. Also going to start on college apps and essays.</p>
<p>We’re looking forward to a fun summer!</p>
<p>Likely as little as possible to earn enough $$$ for junior year living expenses. Except for video games. And pick-up basketball.</p>
<p>D graduates from college in June, studies all summer for the CPA exam in August (which she’s hoping to pass on the first try) and then goes on one last family vacation with us right before Labor Day. In September she starts her full-time job. Yahoo!</p>
<p>Gosh, I feel as if we raised a pair of slackers…S2 graduates from hs in June, then spends a week rough-camping with his faith group. When he returns he’ll start summer session classes in college, and will “work” freelance throughout the summer (he does video editing work, slide conversions, etc.). He will complain about the heat and my endless lists of chores. He will garden whether he likes it or not. He will not have a “real” job and I will feel guilty about it. </p>
<p>S1 will take a CC summer class in preparation for re-entry into his college of choice. He will work with his PA to tweak his new ADD meds and continue to fill out endless forms, hoping to get some academic support for his new dx. He will answer prying questions about why he hasn’t graduated, and feel bad about it all over again. He will work p/t in his field of choice for many more hours and much less pay than he needs to live on his own. He will stay out too late, study too little, and we will argue about it. He will teach me more tennis.</p>
<p>I plan to eat too much, read too much, and obsess too much. And go to Maine with everyone to visit my family.</p>
<p>My nephew, a rising junior in college, was offered in writing summer internship in Feb. by verizon wireless. However, when he called yesterday to confirm, he was told by the internship coordinator that the record shows my nephew had contacted verizon wireless to cancel the offer on March 26. </p>
<p>This is very unethical because my nephew did not such thing and he had withdrawn from two other internship to accept verizon wireless summer internship. Is there anything he can do other than accepting the unfair treatment?</p>
<p>D1 is a rising college junior and will work as the road manager for a horse show barn. Hard work, pays well, and still gives her free time to works a few hours on her paid research position in her field.</p>
<p>D2 is graduating HS senior and will scoop ice cream at a popular ice cream parlor downtown.</p>