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tudents fight the never ending battle
balance.
f balancing school with work to keep
PAGES BY HALEY BORCHERDING grades up and earn extra cash.
Finishing up a last minute homework assign- The pressure of both work and school at times
ments and rushing to be on time for work seems built up for junior Paul Manley, a Taco Bell ca-
like a challenge, but for junior Jacklyn Powers, shier, and the help of stress relievers are what
it's just another day of the week as an Apple- kept him going.
bee 's hostess. "I probably wouldn't be working if I had zero
"Sometimes it's hard getting all my assign- free time. Even after long nights I stay up and
ments done on a day I work, but I usually get it play video games. I'd never make it without do-
done during school or stay up late finishing it," ing something other than work," Manley said .
Powers said . For others, jobs were a sweet escape.
Having a job and keeping up with school took "Work helps me think about something other
it's toll , but had its benefits. than school. Plus I work weekdays, so I always
"I'd take sacrificing some free time for a job have the weekend to catch up on school," Ju-
over being unemployed any day. I'd rather have nior Katie Past, a Granite City hostess said .
spending money whenever I want than miss out Despite long nights of last minute assignments
on stuff because I don't have the money," senior and adjusting to the work force, it was all worth
Taran Barber said. it for students who yearned for the extra cash.
jobs
