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Students work jobs to save money, evade boredom; responsibilities affect online learning

Students work jobs to save money, evade boredom; responsibilities affect online learning

Maddie Orr April 8, 2020
RBHS students describe how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their work hours and income, as well as how it is changing their role in the workforce.
Photo By: Alex Gompper

Students work to achieve dream careers

Emily Oba December 14, 2017
Students who know what they want to do for a career, use their time in high school taking classes that would help them in the future.
Instead of complaining, just stop sleeping

Instead of complaining, just stop sleeping

Katie Whaley November 11, 2016
For high schoolers, balancing sports, jobs and schoolwork can be a stressful process. But one lifestyle change can make a difference.
art by Alice Yu

Words on words: Nanny knows best

Alice Yu March 17, 2016

With a dash of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious magic and a farewell complete with a flying umbrella, who could ever forget the classic Mary Poppins? The beloved Disney nanny Mary Poppins, portrayed...

Hard work in high school

Hard work in high school

Jenna Liu March 14, 2015

Students give insight into how high school jobs affect their lives Up until a month ago, Darcie Kinnison worked 40 hours a week at minimum wage. What set her apart from other workers at the restaurant...

Feature photo by Kate Byars

Summer jobs bring opportunities to students

Kate Byars May 30, 2014

Although movies often portray summer vacation as two lazy months of sun-soaked freedom from the trials and tribulations of the school year, many teenagers are abandoning this idea for a more practical...

photo by Manal Salim

Raise in minimum wage leads to greater employment

Ross Parks February 21, 2014

At the beginning of this year, the state of Missouri raised the federal minimum wage by 15 cents to $7.50 an hour.  While aimed at a singular portion of the population, a raise  is actually given to...

To Afsah, From Michelle

Career choices often go underappreciated

Afsah Khan January 25, 2014

As acceptance letters from colleges are slowly trickling into the hands of eager applicants, a common question among high school seniors, including myself, is what we actually want to do with our lives....

Students express support for federal minimum wage increase

Anna Wright December 20, 2013

Early this month, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour, in three steps, each one incrementally...

Infographic by Afsah

Money earned under the table piles up

Afsah Khan December 11, 2012

Senior Tasha Brooks was a dishwasher. Paid minimum wage, she worked in the kitchen of her North Callaway High School to clean her classmates’ dirty lunch trays. Brooks didn’t appreciate the lack of...

From transfusionist to teacher: April Sulze, biology teacher, abandoned her previous profession to pursue education, along with John Fuenfhausen, CACC marketing teacher.

Teachers leave behind previous professions

Sam Mitchell October 7, 2012

Changing careers can be life-altering.  It can open new doors and provide new opportunities, but it can also mean leaving behind everything known and accomplished in a certain field. For many teachers...

Benefit others with ethical careers

Daphne Yu March 22, 2012

If you could help either one person or 10 people with similar amounts of effort, what would you choose to do? We could probably agree that helping 10 people is the more reasonable choice. Helping one...

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