Students Learning Real-Life Lessons on the Job

Dylan Parkkila at work.

PINCKNEY, Mich. -- A minute into his shift, Dylan Parkkila is already busy dusting shelves at the hardware store where he works. Next, he'll cart trash, carry items down from storage and generally do whatever is needed to keep things humming.
"It's the everyday work stuff," said his boss, Pinckney True Value Hardware co-owner Wendy Robertson.
For Parkkila and others like him, the four-hour-a-week job is hardly everyday work stuff.