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Materialism
Family
Discussion Guide
Hours
that Minors May Work in Wisconsin
(School Year)
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10/30/00
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3/29/00
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Discussion Guide
1/11/00
Raising Honorable
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Discussion Guide
11/15/99
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Discussion
Guide
5/11/99
Fundamental assets
children need for healthy growth
Discussion
Guide
4/27/99
Setting Limits
(Discipline)
Discussion
Guide
3/23/99
Testing and Academic
Standards
Discussion Guide
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Connection host Brenda Good formerly worked as a news reporter at WBAY-TV
in Green Bay and as a weekend anchor and reporter in Quincy, Illinois. She works for Midwest Communications as a marketing consultant in employee recruitment advertising for WIXX radio. |
| Bert Grover, now retired,
was a Wisconsin legislator from Shawano and Menominee Counties for ten years,
Superintendent of Schools in Niagara for four years, in Monona Grove for three
years and for the State of Wisconsin for twelve years. He and wife Caroline have
eight children and eight grandchildren.
Concerned with the effect working
has on kids' education, Bert says, "Statistics really show that young people working
more than 10, 12 hours a week has an effect on their abilities to do as well as
they can in school. One of the issues even is sleep deprivation. They say kids
that age should have 8 to 9 hours of sleep at night. Well that's pretty hard when
you're closing some minimum wage thing at 11 and leaving for school early and
working all weekend." |
| | Ed Lump,
is the Executive Vice President/CEO of the seven thousand member Wisconsin Restaurant
Association, a position he has held for twenty years. Prior to assuming those
responsibilities, Ed spent twelve years as a restaurant owner/manager. He and
wife Susan have three grown children and two grandchildren. "Extracurricular activities
are important for kids," Ed tells us, "but not all kids can do extracurricular
activities, and the workplace provides for kids who are working a type of extracurricular
activity. They do get to learn teamwork in those situations ... the same kinds
of things that the team sport or the extracurricular activity provides for the
other kids." |
| | Lyle Martens
and wife Darlene reside in Denmark, Wisconsin, and they have two grown children.
Lyle was the Superintendent of Schools in Seymour for twenty-five years and in
Green Bay for three years, where he was a primary instigator of the School-to-Work
program. He completed his public service career serving four years as Deputy State
Superintendent of Schools in Wisconsin. We asked him his thoughts on the relationship
of school and work today. "I think a child's first responsibility is to get an
education. Now there is a place for work. I mean, I feel all kids should have
a job and be able to work to learn job-related skills. But then that should be
related to education. Kids should have some work related responsibilities, but
not just to earn money. Look at the parking lots at any school you go to, and
then the insurance those kids are paying." |
| | Lauren Schuster,
18, is a senior at Green Bay East High School where she participates in the Academic
Decathlon, has done over fifty hours of community service, serves as one of the
editors of the school newspaper and is involved in a number of other extracurricular
activities. She also works at the Ashwaubenon Park and Recreation Community Center.
With plans for college next fall, Lauren says, "My schedule typically involves
about six or less hours of sleep a night. I typically put in an eighteen or a
nineteen-hour day. It's not unusual for us as students to be here till seven or
eight at night working on various extra curricular activities. It's very difficult
to keep it all in check". |  |
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