WOOHOO!

[audiopineapple]

Guess what I did the for the first time today? Earned money! Okay, I didn't earn much but on Sunday it is enrolment day for CISM faculty and, as I was a student rep last year, I've been invited to help out at £7.50 an hour. Also, to help out with induction Monday through Wednesday! So, I go to a meeting today to find out when we meet up (be at uni

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[sherrilina]

Damn, that sucks, the not having worked before thing! :s I know what you mean about them looking down on someone who's never had unpaid work...luckily I was able to get a part-time job working in the archives in the library of my uni during the school years...I'm glad you're finally able to get some paid work too! :) And damn, 7.50 pounds an hour is pretty damn good!

God I would hate to live in your village though, I'm such a city girl....was there even like, a movie theater there? :s Is your village like Leadworth-ish? (Sorry for using DW as a reference, lol).

[audiopineapple]

haha I wished it was like Leadworth :p

There was no movie theatre, there was once a small grocery shop but that closed down when I was about 14 and now the nearest shop is 4 miles away in the next town!

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab126/audiopineapple4/random/ashwellthorpe.png is all there is 0_0

[sherrilina]

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Holy crap, what did you do for entertainment there?! :O How did your parents not have an internet connection at least earlier this summer? Lol...

Not even a grocery store, jeez....And you couldn't drive? Damn....(I hate driving and barely ever do it, but it's okay because there is a decent bus/Metro system and I can get around without driving, or walk to shops and stuff from home anyway).

So is everyone in town mostly involved in farming or something then, or just drive far out to work?

[audiopineapple]

Entertainment was pretty much... internet. Well, when I was younger, obviously playing in the house with friends but when older - internet

[apple_pathways]

Sorry to butt in, but do you have to pay for a driving course in order to get a license? In the US I do believe you need some sort of driver's education course to get your license as a minor, but once you turn 18, you just need to pay for and pass the exams and road test.

I got my driver's license at 25, which is EXTREMELY unusual for someone living in the sprawling suburbs of Metro Detroit. (I had an anxiety disorder, which is why it took so long.) My parents taught me how to drive. (Hence the problems with anxiety!)

Also, I was going to be all what what what?! about never working before, but once you explain the situation, it makes sense! My kneejerk reaction is remembering all of the spoiled rich kids I went to school with who were all: "My parents don't want me to work; my job is to be a student." Whereas my parents expected me to get straight As and earn my own money, which I've done since I was 11 and started babysitting; I got my first "proper job" (a retail cashier) at 16. It sucked donkey balls

[audiopineapple]

Technically you don't need to take lessons but I wouldn't want to learn from my parent's and it would still cost at least £190 with no lessons (just for the liscence and test fees) which I also didn't have enough money for lol

[apple_pathways]

Oops! My mistake!

That's AWESOME that you get paid work experience, though! For my degree I had to do about 9 months of placement (16 hrs/week) of UNPAID work. I know that I'm doing it as a learning experience, but still: once you factor in classes and your internship, there's not much time leftover for paid work, which I needed, because the US sucks when it comes to paying for school.

I want to smack your sister. (Sorry...) That sounds really irritating.

University is great for dispelling shyness! I was such a wallflower before I went away to college.

So, yay for you and moving forward! (I'm 28 and just now finishing my degree, so I completely understand!)

Oh, and please to join Team Drama comm???