#saprobs

So this week’s #StudentsSideHustle comes from a recent trip Natalie took to #NOLA, and it’s a great way to put theory to practice. 

So the backstory . . . A few weeks ago Natalie took a trip to NOLA where she signed up to take a tour of an old graveyard. It turns out that the original tour guide of the graveyard was the caretaker. He just started giving tours and made up stories while taking money from people. One of the ways he made money was by telling people if they put three X’s on one of the grave’s vases and placed money they could make a wish. However, in order for that wish to come true you would have to return a year later and circle your X’s while depositing more money into the vase. He ended up pocketing all of the money and made a fortune. 

Here is our side hustle recommendation. Start giving your own campus tours. You can make up awesome and fascinating stories about the school. With Halloween so close we also thought it could be a great time to make up scary stories about your campus (a great outlet for our creative colleagues). You can also just setup shop in an old cemetery if you want to escape campus and make some extra cash after hours. 

Finally, the best thing about this side hustle is it puts theory to practice. Remember learning about Baxter Magolda’s Epistemological Reflection Model, well according to Baxter Magolda students develop through multiple stages of how they know what they know. If they are in the earlier stage they tend not to questions authority figures and therefore believe what they are told. In this case, incoming students won’t question your stories. 

My theory teacher would be so proud!