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Try to think outside the shadow of your parents and sometimes this is hard for someone who is still somewhat young and impressionable. You saw how it tough may have been for them when you were young and they worked hard.
I personally believe it is great that you recognize that you might have missed out on some menial jobs while in H.S. I don't know their reasons for it, but you have one foot ahead of the college-educated crowd due to your great internships and grades. Things like that open up doors for future employment as you probably already know.
I think most people WOULD have missed much, since not everyone gets into academics and lands internships. There's a wide ocean between the academics and jobs, and I think that makes a difference.
Looking back, I wish I had started working when I was 15 instead of putting it off until college.
If I could teleport back in time to my 15 year old self, I would have maxed out my Roth IRA contributions first and then invest anything I had left over for college. I didn't really start saving/investing until I was in my early 20s. Having a seven year head start would have been nice.
You might have missed out a bit, but not much. Keep in mind that there's generally no time to work while you're in college (except for summers) unless you're the the type of student who only cares about classes and not about education. If you plan on finishing college, I'm not sure the early menial work experience will be that important. If you plan on dropping out after your bachelors, then it could have had some impact when you decided to get a job.
Yes, but you landed on both feet. Your parents did what they thought was best based on their experience.
I remember telling my Mother that she was wrong about something (what it was I cannot recall), her answer was that when I had a family of my own I could set the rules, until that time her rules were the ones I had to live by. Each generation is entitled to make their own mistakes.
Those kinds of jobs are terrible (except maybe equipment operator, which you probably couldn't have gotten) and if your parents were giving you the real reason, they were sadly confused. Taking a job like that is more likely to convince you of the value of getting an education which will make it very unlikely you'll have to take such a job again. So your parents were doing you a dis-service, but not much of one.
If you really want that sort of experience, volunteer to do grunt work for Habitat for Humanity or some similar organization.
Agreed. There are a lot of people who graduate with no experience and their screwed.
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