Comments on: Knocking on Doors for the Planet (And for Rent) http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 23 May 2013 23:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17628 j-i-a Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:30:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17628 @novembertea If you have any questions specifically about Peace Corps feel free to email me: jia dot tolentino at gmail! It is an exciting and terrifying experience both (also deeply mundane) @novembertea If you have any questions specifically about Peace Corps feel free to email me: jia dot tolentino at gmail! It is an exciting and terrifying experience both (also deeply mundane)

]]> By: AnnieNilsson http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17621 AnnieNilsson Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:28:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17621 Why hasn't anyone mentioned how beautifully written this is? Jia you are so good at things! Why hasn’t anyone mentioned how beautifully written this is? Jia you are so good at things!

]]> By: Logan Sachon http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17617 Logan Sachon Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:19:14 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17617 @novembertea She's written about it for us! http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/i-joined-the-peace-corps-to-keep-from-becoming-an-asshole-it-worked-mostly/ @novembertea She’s written about it for us! http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/i-joined-the-peace-corps-to-keep-from-becoming-an-asshole-it-worked-mostly/

]]> By: novembertea http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17611 novembertea Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:06:31 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17611 I would love love love to hear about your Peace Corps experience, Jia. I'm thinking about doing it myself (and by thinking about it, very terrified but excited by the idea of it). I would love love love to hear about your Peace Corps experience, Jia. I’m thinking about doing it myself (and by thinking about it, very terrified but excited by the idea of it).

]]> By: Megano! http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17591 Megano! Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:59:34 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17591 @Lorelei@twitter I want to burn them all with fire @Lorelei@twitter I want to burn them all with fire

]]> By: Lorelei@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17581 Lorelei@twitter Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:49:05 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17581 @Megano! I knew a girl in high school who didn't believe in environmental conservation because "God knew how many trees to make." @Megano! I knew a girl in high school who didn’t believe in environmental conservation because “God knew how many trees to make.”

]]> By: cryptolect http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17577 cryptolect Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:57:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17577 I did this the summer I was 19, and I loved it. I always made quota and really felt like I was doing terrific work. "This is what I want to do," I told my mother. "I want to be an environmental activist!" I am... not an environmental activist. But if someone knocked on my door for PIRG, I would give them some money. I did this the summer I was 19, and I loved it. I always made quota and really felt like I was doing terrific work. “This is what I want to do,” I told my mother. “I want to be an environmental activist!”

I am… not an environmental activist. But if someone knocked on my door for PIRG, I would give them some money.

]]> By: Faintly Macabre http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17576 Faintly Macabre Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:57:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17576 @j-i-a I once heard (not canvassing, but in a social situation), "I don't really care about the environment--I'll be dead before anything really bad happens." This from a medical student. @j-i-a I once heard (not canvassing, but in a social situation), “I don’t really care about the environment–I’ll be dead before anything really bad happens.” This from a medical student.

]]> By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17574 j-i-a Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:45:07 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17574 @probs Oh NO that is AWFUL Urghghgoiaweg sounds exactly right @probs Oh NO that is AWFUL Urghghgoiaweg sounds exactly right

]]> By: oiseau http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/knocking-on-doors-for-the-planet-and-for-rent/#comment-17572 oiseau Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:08:19 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=13353#comment-17572 It was quite an adventure and a learning experience. I'd do it again. It paid well, too- $18.50/ hour which was amazing as a college student! Maybe I'll try writing an essay about it as well...? It was quite an adventure and a learning experience. I’d do it again. It paid well, too- $18.50/ hour which was amazing as a college student! Maybe I’ll try writing an essay about it as well…?

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