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Rummer jobs help students gain experience, extra income
BY KELLY PREISER
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s the end of the spring semester approaches, most stu
dents cannot wait for the school year to end. After May
10, the last day of finals, students can begin their sum-
three months of relaxation.
||But for many students, this is not the case.
Pfeome students have to work during the summer months to
save up money for the next school year, among other reasons.
ffHowever- if a student chooses his or her job carefully, he or
she can still have an enjoyable summer.
^■Jim Pike, a junior computer science major, has worked at
'dntionai Air and Spacej n g an Antonio for the past four summers as a life-
U.S. Capitol guard in the Lost Lagoon Waterpark.
-■“The best part about the job was working with the other
lifeguards,” Pike said. “Most of the guards were either high
school or college age. We’d always goof around before and af-
hours. It was sort of like a clique. There were always bar-
, . . mil in — lllf>s and parties to go to.”
msgoa is o promote mte»p^ e sa j ( j one 0 p ^ nia j or benefits of the job was that all
'f| ® 00 L00!3t Sea World employees were given a pass that allows them free
•toMtar« any Anheuser-Busch theme park.
He said he even had the chance to mingle with the animals
once in awhile.
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it scholars ^ an( ^ S ^®j|l“The park offers a program for kids called ‘Camp Sea
- World.’One thing they do with the kids is let them get in with
the dolphins. They would ask for a lifeguard to be in there with
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the kids, so a couple of times, I did get to swim with the dol
phins,'’ Pike said.
|| He said that while his job was fun and offered many perks,
|ere were also a few disadvantages.
“The only major drawback of the job was when I’d have to
tch the wavepool. Being a lifeguard can be relaxing but also
stressful. Most of the time when something would happen, it
was nothing serious, but if I didn’t go in, it could have been,”
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jct U re by Diane Grafiar Bren Haas ‘ a chemica ' engineering major, has said he also
!< hino Semester at8 ■ wor * <ec ' as a lifeguard over the summer.
' || “Some benefits of being a lifeguard are that you can get a
good tan, it’s easy, and you get to meet a lot of different peo
ple. Plus you get really good break times. You get about a half
hour for every hour you work. But, you don’t get paid a lot.
The summers in Texas are really hot and the job can get kind
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of boring; you just kind of sit
there sweating if nothing
happens,” Haas said.
Haas said the rewards of
working as a lifeguard out
weigh the discomforts.
“When you actually get
to save someone from
drowning, the job can be re
ally rewarding. It gives you
a really great feeling to
know you just made a dif
ference in someone’s life.
The family is really appre
ciative and it makes you feel
really good,” Haas said.
Working at a summer
camp can also provide stu
dents with an opportunity to
work outdoors. Jill Sawyer, a
junior history major, worked
as a camp counselor at a
YMCAday camp in Houston
for the past two summers.
“It’s a great summer job
because you don’t have to
work nights or weekends.
You also get to go hiking and
on really cool field trips once
a week with the kids [for
free]. Last summer we went
to [Six Flags] AstroWorld,
and to a few [Houston] As
tros games,” said Sawyer.
“You have to really like
kids and playing outside. You
also get a really good tan and the staff you work with is most
ly college kids. We became really good friends over the sum
mer and went out on the weekends,” Sawyer said.
But far more important to some students than having their
fill of fun and sun are the benefits of working at a job that
not only provides valuable experience in one’s future career,
but one that may provide an edge when potential employers
look at their resume.
For example, many museums offer summer work. They
provide an interesting atmosphere while also looking good
on a resume.
“We normally need students to work at summer camps,”
ivia Maldonado, the operations manager at the Brazos Valley
Museum of Natural History.
“We hire a lot of education and wildlife majors. It’s great
experience working with children. Plus the hours are flexible
JEFF SMITH/The Battalion
... and you don’t have to work weekends. It also can look real
ly good on your resume.”
It’s a lot of fun working with the kids, they are so fun, they
give us a little chuckle every day,” Maldonado said.
Students should be aware that there are summer jobs that
have the potential to fulfill both the desire to have a relaxing
summer and allow them to gain experience that will impress
future employers.
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