That's a terrific blog entry. I've argued with my parents before about summer jobs in College. I think I'd have performed a lot better during the fall semester if I'd been able to take the summer vacations as free time, rather than spending 8 hours a day working in an office.

I'd recommend internships, if you can get one, even if it means spending a lot of time working. But grunt jobs suck and part of me really regrets the amount of time and energy it wasted during my college summers.