Chapter 21: Summer Jobs and The Mad Men of Danville | My Southern Gothic Life

Finally, a new post is up at my other blog:

I’ve recently had a revelation.  The concept of ‘”summer jobs” is really a passe concept.

Nowadays it seems kids spend the summers going to “camps” to increase their skills and marketability for College as opposed to earning cash for college like my generation did.

I think this is a contributing factor to the break down in societal cohesiveness and the understanding of Class Structure in America.

I know it was a different time and place, but I think I got almost as much education in Life 101 from my summer jobs as I got from College.  For one thing, the jobs we had back in “the day” generally required us to interact with people from, how does one say this politely, other classes?

My Father had a very strong work ethic.  He believed you worked yourself to death, like he did at age 55.  He was from the traditional school of thought that men worked.  Period.

I delivered papers from the time I was about 10 0r 12 until I went away to College.  In addition, as soon as I turned 16, I had Summer Jobs.  I’m not talking internships.  I worked in the warehouse of my Father’s Company or at Dan River Mills.

via Chapter 21: Summer Jobs and The Mad Men of Danville | My Southern Gothic Life.