<p>Cause my momma has no money</p>
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This is also an unhealthy attitude. Look, not all loans are bad. A properly set-up mortgage, for example, can be very very good debt.
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<p>It's perfectly healthy in my opinion. I am a first hand witness of a good mortgage gone bad. Without going into much detail, I'll just say my single parent is now working a full time job and a part time job due to a recent screwup from the mortgage company, no fault of her own. She'll have to do it for a year now. I rarely ever see her. I can't participate in anything because I don't have a ride anywhere. </p>
<p>I don't fear loans, I dislike them. </p>
<p>A properly set up mortgage always has a chance of going belly up. </p>
<p>I have plans for grad school as well. Of course, if they don't go through, I'll be forced to take a loan. But that'll be the only one, or one of the few, that I will ever take. Something just makes me feel insecure about borrowing money that I don't have.</p>
<p>Armando,</p>
<p>Risk is something we always have to face. Yes, good mortgages can go bad. But a debt free life can be turned upside down as well.</p>
<p>I mean, airplanes can crash, but it doesn't mean we don't get on them when we have to go somewhere.</p>
<p>liquor & drugs, clothes that are too expensive for their parents to buy, even money for food and movies on weekends...not all parents give their children money</p>
<p>also, not every hs student (no matter what CC may suggest) does everything for resume purposes...sometimes parents even force kids to get jobs when they're wasting their money...I'm all for them</p>
<p>I had a job in high school so I could have money, so I could put gas in the car when I drove it, so I could buy a car, so I could contribute to the costs of college applications, and to get a head start on saving for college spendable money.</p>
<p>Having a job and a tough academic schedule plus extracurriculars is definitely manageable. Plus, what if you need extra money in college? You probably have less of a chance of getting hired somewhere if you have no work experience.</p>
<p>other than rwc00613, I've yet to hear another person who works to support his/her family</p>
<p>I did back in the day...</p>
<p>I can understand situations in which working would be necessary to make certain payments or purchaes. However, working can otherwise prove to yield a lot of opportunity costs - sacrifices of academic or athletic enrichments. That's the situation I find myself (and most people I know) in. I don't work much so that I can focus on other things that are a tad more beneficial for college. Of my friends who do work, most are academically behind and squander their money on useless things anyway (expensive clothes/shoes, rims/bass boosters for their cars, new phones/mp3 players, etc). A steady, but limited, supply of money from my parents keeps my spending down. Kids who earn it themselves often think that they should spend it on whatever they want at the moment.</p>
<p>I've bought all my own clothes since I was about 12, I have to pay for gas for my car, I pay for my cell phone, I need to buy mostly my own dorm supplies, and I actually want spending money in college (which won't just be handed to me).
so I work.</p>
<p>working at a factory motivated me to do well in school because I don't want crappy job like that in the future.</p>
<p>Not everyone is spoiled.</p>
<p>I hate threads like this because they make me hate myself even more. I already hate myself because I think I am spoiled and therefore I want to get a job, but I also hate myself because I am ugly and have no interpersonal skills and therefore I am too scared to get a job.</p>
<p>I'm not in high school anymore (just graduated) but I can see both sides to this argument.</p>
<p>I didn't work during high school, but only because my parents encouraged me to focus on school, EC's, swimming, etc. It paid off since I have a ton of money in scholarships that I couldn't have gotten through a job. I simply did not have enough time between swimming, band, SGA, FCA, NHS, and tough classes to work.</p>
<p>But it was only through my parents support that I didn't get a job. I babysat my siblings for 5 summers, so that offset the costs of putting them through daycare by letting my parents be able to afford my gas, insurance, etc. They preferred me staying at home during the week rather than going out and getting a job during the summer. Other than that, my only pre-graduation job experience was volunteering at a local thrift store.</p>
<p>Now I do have a job as my sister is old enough to watch my other two brothers, and I am loving the experience. Paying for my own gas, food, etc. has brought me a new sense of independence that is almost exhilirating. I work at a place where nearly everyone is older than I am, and it has kind of given me a preview of the adult world. </p>
<p>A job isn't essential to one's existence if their parents are willing to offset their costs, but you better be filling your time with other meaningful experiences.</p>
<p>My mom won't let me get a job...she says that I need to focus on academics. But there are 4.0 GPA IB students at my school that manage to hold down jobs.....</p>
<p>There are lots of kids that work only during the summer and call it quits when school starts. It is a HUGE responsibility to work and go to school at the same time.</p>
<p>my job is nice because my company offers scholarships to high school seniors that it employs. That being said, I'd better not lose this job before I graduate</p>
<p>Because my parents don't or won't pay for my college, SATs, SAT IIs, AP tests, clothing, groceries, car, cell phone, computer, haircuts, or hanging out.</p>
<p>Yep.</p>
<p>At least I can say I'm not spoiled...</p>
<p>the only reason i'd work is to get money. im so brokeass all the time its not even cute. i had to borrow money for gas from my summer school teacher today.</p>