Xatal

Bringing you safely through high school and into college

How to find a summer job as a teenager

Money is always pretty hard to come by when you’re a teenager. As what we have available to us expands, so does our need for money. Before we know it, we need money to pay for gas, video games, hanging out with friends, and a ton of other things. During the school year it might not be a great idea to have a job because it might conflict with what little free time you already have, but during the summer it starts to seem more and more like a good idea.

But what jobs are good and what jobs are bad? Being young, it’s hard for us to be picky, but there are good summer jobs out there for teenagers. You just need to hunt around! Bear in mind these general tips which, while pretty obvious, can be a huge help to you in finding a job: Keep reading »

A formal welcome to Xatal!

So as we all know, the World Wide Web already has tons of blogs that are really similar, but on a brief search around Google I noticed that there weren’t really very many that help high school students out when it comes to having helpful information from a student. I remember having to randomly ask older friends what they had done about tests, applying for schools, etc. because the Internet wasn’t entirely that helpful.

I’m freshly out of high school and I know what it’s like. To help other people who are in the same situation that I once was, I’ve dedicated this blog to providing information about high school’s questions. If you have a question, feel free to ask me and I’ll do what I can to answer it for you.

As I enter university next year (I’ll be attending UC Santa Cruz), I’ll be doing what I can to help provide information about college basics as well. From time to time I may use this blog for other random posts regarding my other interests — web design and music — or whatever else I feel like. But as a whole, I intend to focus on school issues.

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