{"id":3973,"date":"2024-06-10T13:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:19:30","slug":"what-jobs-do-river-hill-students-have-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/what-jobs-do-river-hill-students-have-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"What Jobs Do River Hill Students Have This Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Connor Hawthorne, Co-Editor in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working a summer job can have many benefits for high school students looking to stay busy and earn some money. Luckily for River Hill students, there are a multitude of local employment opportunities that they can take advantage of to stay busy during the summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One incredibly popular summer job for high school students is working in the restaurant business. Waiters and bussers especially can be one of the highest paying jobs a high school student can have, due to the lucrative tips they take in every night. Junior Quinlan Ballou&nbsp; is working at Konstatines, a Greek restaurant in Clarksville. Konstantines is a popular restaurant for River Hill students to work at. Quinlan heard about the opportunity through his friends, stating, \u201cSome of my friends work there and they told me about it.\u201d Quinlan has never had a job before, however, he is \u201clooking forward to helping people get their food\u201d and believes that working as a busser will be a \u201crewarding experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many River Hill students plan on working as camp counselors during the summer. Fritz Orlofsky, a junior, plans on \u201cworking at the alternate sports and games summer camp.\u201d Having attended the camp every summer since the age of eleven, the transition to camp counselor came naturally to Fritz. Fritz highlights the importance of hiring good staff stating that \u201cthe staff were not very good, they do not actually work very hard, so if you try hard you can stand out.\u201d Fritz admits that they \u201ccould have hired better counselors\u201d and recommends the job to any hard working River Hill students who want to try their hand at working as a camp counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some students at River Hill plan on working more technical internships and jobs in order to gain experience that will relate to their desired career path later on. Marcus Hadeed, a junior with a passion for computer science, plans on working a job with a government contractor helping them with software development. Marcus explains how he acquired the job through a contact that he knew from his church. Computer programming would be challenging for most high school students, and Marcus admits that \u201cIt&#8217;s gonna be a lot of hard work I think, it&#8217;s definitely not going to be easy, working 8 hours a day doing something that takes a lot of brain power such as programming..\u201d He isn\u2019t worried, however, since computer programming is \u201cwhat I enjoy doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balancing summer activities and work can be challenging for many high school students. Fritz offers advice to high school students stating that \u201cif you can\u2019t make time for other activities you shouldn\u2019t get a job.\u201d Marcus agrees with Fritz and believes that maintaining a good life work balance is very important. For this summer he has \u201ccome up with a schedule\u201d in order to balance his work and cross country training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any student looking to get a job this summer, has a plethora of opportunities from the restaurant business, to lifeguarding. Marcus advises any student looking for a job to \u201cfind something you\u2019re passionate about.\u201d Working during the summer is a great opportunity to gain valuable life experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Connor Hawthorne, Co-Editor in Chief Working a summer job can have many benefits for high school students looking to stay busy and earn some money. 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