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Could first jobs mean better futures for these teens? Mayor hopes so [sacbee.com]

 

Seventeen, shy and a self-described homebody, Kamryn Skeaton isn’t “college material,” she says. But a few weeks into a new city-sponsored internship at the South Natomas library, she’s starting to think about herself differently.

She is a junior at Leroy Green Academy, a quirky teen who loves weightlifting, cooking and all types of mustard. Now, she is also an intern.

“I didn’t know I had such a good work ethic until I had this job,” Skeaton said. “I think my grandmother, my Noni, knew all along that I can do things. Even though she told me, I didn’t listen. Now I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re right.’ 

[For more on this story by Anita Chabria, go to http://www.sacbee.com/news/loc...rticle176293926.html]

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