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Summer jobs not what they used to be
Teens less likely to learn skills in today's world
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Abby McDonough, 19, a student at Liberty University, right, hands Karen Belle, of Hamilton, Va., her pail of strawberries at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Working at Wegmeyer Farms is one of McDonough's summer jobs - photo by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It was at Oregon's Timberline Lodge, later known as a setting in the horror movie "The Shining," where Patrick Doyle earned his first real paycheck.He was a busboy. The job didn't pay much. But Doyle quickly learned lessons that served him for years as he rose to become the CEO of Domino's, the pizza delivery giant:Show up on time, dress properly, treat customers well."I grew up a lot that summer," he says.As summer 2017 begins, America's teenagers are far less likely to be acquiring the kinds of experiences Doyle found so useful.
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