Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

my parents were unusual boomers in that they didn't like the idea of teens working despite the value-of-hard-work lessons bc a.) they wanted me to be grinding 24/7 on school (i did) and b.) they were very suspicious of teenagers, me included, having their own money — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i would say, like: "guys i think i should get a summer job, it'd be cool" and they would say "you have plenty of studying to do"/"i think you should be preparing for [the psat/sat/gre/w/e]"/"what do you need that you don't have, huh? something you don't want to say, that's wh — PolitiTweet.org