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Super Sis
Dear Super Sis,
I am 12 years old and a student of class seven. I need to make a earning at this age. I can’t give tuitions to small kids because of my second problem. I am only 4.4 ft tall. Due to this I feel very embarrassed. Young children talk to me like I am of their age. I can’t even afford the products needed to increase my height. Please help me.
Mr Worried
Worried, the ability to teach has nothing to do with your height; the only reason why you can’t teach at this stage is that you are too young to do so yourself. You’re only in grade seven and students seeking tuitions usually want someone in a more senior class.
That said, there is no reason why you cannot explore different ways of making money, even at your age. Yes, you probably cannot intern easily in some organisation, but you can always try to earn money via other various activities, especially around your own neighbourhood.
For instance, you could earn some quick cash washing your neighbours’ cars. You could also collect some friends and organise a friendly ‘yard sale’ where you can sell salvageable things, books and goods that are of no use to you anymore. You could ask your mom to help you cook/ bake some munchies and sell those along with homemade lemonade at the sale. Make it fun and if it takes off, you could have regular monthly sales. It’s a great activity and a brilliant means of earning cash.
If you are nifty at your computer and also have a printer at home, you can distribute little flyers around the neighbourhood offering document/ letterhead printing services at a cheap cost. Similarly, if you have a scanner at home, you can sell scanning services to your neighbours.
You can also earn some seasonal cash by selling handmade cards/ wrapping papers, etc. before Eid, New Year, summer holidays, etc. You could collect friends/ siblings/ cousins, etc. and make the cards together; it is a fun way to let your creativity fly. Besides, if your first sale is a success, the subsequent sales will bring in lots of more avid customers.
That’s your cash problem sorted. As for your height, I will say it again: you are still very young and there is still a lot of time for you to increase your height. If you are very worried, pay a visit to your family physician and s/he will guide you further. Cheers.
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