I completely miss the point of the article. I do not know what was normal nation-wide, but I went to a State School (Oklahoma State University) and most of my

I completely miss the point of the article. I do not know what was normal nation-wide, but I went to a State School (Oklahoma State University) and most of my peers worked through the summer to save up to have a little spending money for the next year. Yes, a few, mostly those with well off parents, spent the time traveling or taking unpaid internships. A few others, mostly those that were both intelligent and worked exceptionally hard, got paid internships. But most of my friends and myself went off to the summer work this article speaks so derisively off. The other thing this article seems to forget about is that if you have the time available it seems to talk about then it is a great time to do study and development on your own. It was a great time to read about the things you heard about but didn't have time to go in depth during class or to look at subjects not normally taught in schools, or at a minimium to read about the subjects that were coming next semester.