The majority of MEHS students did not have a job over the summer, but some did.
According to Google AI Overview, 38% of high school teens had a job or were looking for one. As a result of this, summer jobs develop essential life skills like time management. Yet this year, teens having a job increased to 54.5% since July 2025. As a result, this helps teens have opportunities and develop their critical thinking skills. Here at MEHS, in a random survey of 100 students, 44 Morton East students said they had a job during the summer.
“I am a musician, and something good about it is that we get paid $110 an hour, and something bad about being a musician is that I usually get home late around 3 a.m.–4 a.m.,” said senior Arturo Almaraz.
Making money is great. But Arturo loses sleep time. You have to take the good with the bad. Sometimes you need to spend money to make money, like Kaitlyn Andrade does.
“I have my own business, and the worst thing is buying my own supplies, and the best thing is working for myself,” said sophomore Kaitlyn Andrade.
Jobs help prepare high school students for adulthood and help them learn about accountability.
“I think that high schoolers are in a position of authority because they have to take care of money,” said senior Fatima Gaona.
