Ask anyone looking for a job: It’s hard. The national unemployment rate hovered around 8.2 percent in May 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the unemployment rate among working-age teens is a staggering 24.9 percent across the country — and it’s even higher in urban areas. Why so many out-of-work teens? ...
I went back to college in Dallas, Texas about two years ago when the job market tanked along with my career. I’m a nontraditional student, which is code for anyone over 30 years of age attending college. With few students my age, I am glad to see an increase in non-traditional students who take our ...
Around my neck of the woods, you can’t find a KMart store anymore. Instead, many people shop for their groceries, as well as for their many other needs, at one of two Wal-Mart Superstores. It is indeed convenient to be able to buy groceries and school clothes, for example, at the same time. And, not ...
How to write a successful National Honors Society proposal letter (upon nomination by school faculty). When writing a response to nomination to NHS (National Honors Society), it is important to remember to be honest. You must be sincere and demonstrate leadership, intelligence, integrity, character, maturity, and honor. Thus, it is important for you to write ...
Just a few days after my seventeenth birthday, I read an article in a teen magazine about the signs of pregnancy. I casually mentioned to my boyfriend, that I had a few of these “signs”. A week or so later, during my spring break, when all of us teen girls were enjoying a week off ...
