Between my junior and senior year in HS, age 17, I obtained a "Minor's Release" with approval of my mother and help from a local judge. I drove my '51 Chevy 150 miles to Odessa, Texas and found a summer job in the oilfield. I stayed in a $4 per night motel and had breakfast and supper from an ice chest I kept in the room. I did this for over 2 months and saved over $700 that summer. I finally quit and went home when two-a-days started for football.

I can't imagine doing such as that in this day and age.