What we miss most about high school summer jobs

Maybe it's about discovering passion for what you like and what you don't like.
Maybe it's about getting the paycheck which will only bank in weeks after your job have ended.
Maybe it's about tasting the victory of independence from home and school.
Maybe it's about driving on your own for the first time ever to 'work'.
Maybe it's about meeting people you would never otherwise have met. Maybe it’s the guy from halfway across the world. Wherever they’re from, summer jobs have this funny way of bringing people together who otherwise would be separated by geography, social class, popularity, or academic tracking. The people who you met in summer jobs opened your eyes about the many different ways people live happily in this world and how you can live happily too.

Whatever it was, you’ve never forgotten it, you’ll carry those characters and memories with you forever, and you’ll always have a memory to crack you up when the going gets rough. Apparently, the things we miss most about our high school jobs were all part of growing up, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.