The Cook County High School College in the Schools Composition class hosted “The Working Class of 2016” at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on January 11. Thirteen students combined the life skills they have acquired at summer jobs with research about those jobs into presentations. Madison Roy shared what she learned about gender and employment, while Rory Bakke (background) talked about the impact of family businesses on the economy.
Above: Jocelin Deneweth answers questions about the topic she studied with Bergen Soland—employee selection. Right: Shauna Blake and Matea Acero asked an all-important question, “Is the customer always right?”
“Should teens work in construction?” was the topic presented by summer laborers Frankie Miller and Owen Anderson.
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