Robey's school provides each student with a laptop to use through the academic year. Every year the teachers and administrators get new laptops, and theirs from the previous year are passed on to the seniors, who pass theirs on to the juniors, all the way down to the sixth graders, whose laptops are held together with duct tape and bungee cords.
During the summer break the IT people (yes, the school has its own IT staff, but these days most schools probably do) run diagnostics on each laptop and load new software. What with new computers coming in and old ones going out, 900 laptops will need to be assessed and prepared by the end of the summer. The school offers internships, some paid but mostly volunteer, to any students who care to participate, and Robey applied. Since his position is volunteer, he can come and go as he likes. He'll be there every day this week, then we leave for a trip, and after we return he'll work another two weeks until leaving for a month of camp.
I'm proud of him for his motivation and willingness to work. In addition to the experience and goodwill he'll accumulate, he'll have a tidy resume decoration, which never hurts.
No humor or witty conclusion today -- just pride for my guy.
Except: I forgot the meaning of "IT" and had to look it up.
