>$1 plus tips though - which can add up. I know several bartenders that make well over $250 per shift, and I don't know any that average out to less than the minimum wage.
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>See! You just proved that it is possible to earn enough money to work your way through school without going into debt ;)

Except that it's not a realistic expectation. All college students can not get jobs as bartenders or strippers - heck a lot of these students are not even 21 years old. There is not enough of these jobs to go around for all the college students. ...again it's not the norm.