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If you talking strictly high school, probably mundane stuff. Most kids I've
worked with need to get the feel of a workplace (besides fast food or
amusement park) first. If they were exceptionally fast, and had a true
interest in writing and editing, I'd probably let them have a shot at some
work that didn't have major deadlines or deliverable dollars riding on it.
College students doing internships would probably need more of the real
writing/editing stuff, although I would start them out slowly.
MTC
Connie Giordano
-----Original Message-----
From: Charter, Tara M. [mailto:Charter -dot- Tara -at- mayo -dot- edu]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 4:45 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: On Summer Help
If you were granted a part-time, volunteer, student helper (i.e. high school
student) for the summer, what tasks would you allow them to work on?
Just mundane chores, or would you let them edit a few sentences here and
there?
