In my state in the early 2000s, you could work for your family’s business, you just couldn’t sell alcohol or cigarettes. $5.15/hr. Sometimes I would go in to open before school. And during deer season, we were open even earlier. One of the memories seared into my brain in 8th grade was of my mom not wanting to go in bc she was sick or something, so she woke me up, and took me in at 4 am.
Then I went to school at 8. My honors English teacher tried to tell my parents that they were putting too much on me. And they basically told her to fuck off and mind her own business.
My guidance counselor was the one that told me it would be a better idea to drop out of HS if I had to be working multiple jobs and to just take the tests for the last half credits I needed in order to get my diploma. My parents were livid about that but he saved me so much stress at the time. Was able to get my diploma a month later but holy shit am I burned out now. I'll always be thankful to that man. I'm sorry you were at an age where you had no choice but to do what your parents said.
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u/linguist_turned_SAHM 8h ago
In my state in the early 2000s, you could work for your family’s business, you just couldn’t sell alcohol or cigarettes. $5.15/hr. Sometimes I would go in to open before school. And during deer season, we were open even earlier. One of the memories seared into my brain in 8th grade was of my mom not wanting to go in bc she was sick or something, so she woke me up, and took me in at 4 am.
Then I went to school at 8. My honors English teacher tried to tell my parents that they were putting too much on me. And they basically told her to fuck off and mind her own business.
Anyways. I haven’t been home in 6 years.