Friday, August 29, 2003
For the past 15 years, a professor in Minnesota has been studying the work habits of teens. Her conclusion: Work can be very good for young adults. It's a message we can pass on in our communities.
In 1988, she randomly selected 1,000 ninth-graders. With annual surveys, she has probed how their employment affected their lives during and after high school.
Working teens and their parents said having a job fostered responsibility, independence and time-management skills.
Her advice: Limit work to less than 20 hours a week. More than that, and teens show signs of increased smoking and drinking. Learn more.
Today in our history of innovation...
In 1866, Sylvester Marsh demonstrated the first cog railway in the world at the base of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, the highest peak in New England. The Cog Railway is an engineering marvel, a technology of toothed cog gears, rack rails and tilted boilers.
If you have never seen it, plan a visit some day. It's the only cog railway still powered by steam.
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The benefits of working for teens
