San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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pu- x9 I8 The Working Student 571-74-4467 Penny Hagge, 21 Senior, Education Burbank, California Almost ever since Penny Hagge started to college four years ago, she's worked to support herself as much as she can. A perky, inde- pendent blonde senior, Miss Hagge said she feels extremely lazy if she doesn't work. I feel like I'm on welfare, she explained. I feel guilty not working. There's so much to do and see in life, it's not making it iust sitting. She worked at a Sears Roebuck in Glendale while attending San Fernando Valley State. Then she transferred to State last year and had two iobs. Penny worked for Montgomery Ward 20 hours a week and was a noon assistant for Del Cerro Elementary School. Plus that, I managed the apartments I live in, which I still do, she said. At the beginning of each month, I have about two days worth of bookkeeping to do. The rest of the month I mow the yard, take garbage out, and do little extras like painting. Besides her managerial iob, she is tutoring several children in phonetics. l'll soon have six kids in the class which is just begin- ning, she said. Right now, tutoring takes four hours a week, with two hours in preparation. Penny said she was also employed by Wards, but they don't need me now, although I did work full-time there during Christmas. I pay all my living expenses, my parents pay for my college fees and books, Penny said. With the apartments and tutoring - S90 a month is almost enough to live on. My roommate and I have potluck dinners, dates, take care of entertainment, there are church dinners, and I make my clothes. At gift time, I ask for fabric. I save my money and don't spend much this way. There's not much time for Penny to do any more work this year. My I5 units of education classes take up so much time. Also, on Tuesdays from 5-IO p.m., I am involved in working with Campus Crusade. This puts me in contact with college students and keeps me more involved with school. Sometimes I go bowling or to Monty's Den where friends work, in the evenings, she said. Penny plans to teach elementary school when she is graduated next year. Or, I might consider going on the Staff of Campus Cru- sade for awhile - l'm not positive, yet, she said. Miss Hagge said she doesn't do much studying. ln education classes, there are more ideas and discussion, with little actual study- ing involved, she said. I spend about two hours a day on lesson plans and maybe read iust before a test. Penny said she has been able to integrate working and studying to the point where she will be able to graduate on time. The only time I was worried was in transferring schools, as some credits didn't transfer, she said. Penny remarked that her employers had always been most con- siderate with her as a college student . . . as long as you don't study while you're working. When finals came around, she said employers had always been good about cutting hours for her, espe- cially Sears. The desire for travel is the main conflict she has found in working and going to school. For example, my church choir toured during Easter vacation, she said. lf I'd been working at a department store this year, I wouIdn't have been able to do it. I spent my last two summers in Hawaii, but this year I'll be studying and working, she added. If I become a teacher-you know, I want to see kids learn, the money isn't that much. I never had a lot of money, so when I become a teacher, that's going to be a lot for me. I iust don't under- stand the constant gripe of teachers about money. lt's iust not that meaningful to me. I guess it iust depends on where a person's values Iie.

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