Education is not the training of facts, but the training of the mind to think. Many students have jobs outside of school. Most students have jobs with different reasons to it such as helping families, earning money of their own and saving money for college. But we have to realize the pitfalls of working as a student. I believe the rate of students that are mostly affected are those that work after school because working during weekends does not really affect a student as compared to working through weekdays and weekends.
The struggle you get in today is developing your strength you need for tomorrow. Schooling is a full time job on it own and having a job aside from schooling is a big challenge. There are going to be up and downs. Employment could have a negative effect on a student’s study if he or she is not an organized person and takes his or her books really serious. If you planning to work I would advices to build a good foundation for your studies. I sometimes ask myself how some students could cope with two jobs while in school .There is a high percentage for these students to have grade points averages in most of their classes. They mostly find it difficult to work on their homework which would help boost their grades also. The struggle is real.
Sometimes most people believe being stressed out means you perform a hard work. Is hard to find time to rest working during weekdays and going to school. There is a possibility of working students to sleep during class and complain of headaches .Most students that do work during weekdays could witness to this. Words from the side of Kemi Adeyemi, “I work with children and I hate it. I get stressed at school and then I have to go to work and get stressed AGAIN? I cry myself to sleep every night. And I’m ready to quit.” So sad to hear this but having a job is really stressful no one can prove is not. Working with little ones as Kemi said is a big risk to take because is more of being responsible for whatever that happens to any kid. I could say she feels pressured handling kids and waking up the next day to school.
Friends are like family but some little things could depart you from them. Working as a teen mostly makes it difficult to spend time with your friends. Because you are covered up with work. Trust me most of our friends hate to hear, “I have to go to work.” whenever they ask us to join them and have fun. I have experienced that a lot and I feel bad I cannot spend time with my girls like I used to but I also know is for my own good. A piece from Demetrius Purnell contributes, “Yes I have time to rest, time to hangout with my friends but when I feel to hangout with my friends that may be the moment I have work. The plus side of having a job is that I get to have extra money to spend as long as I budget it.” Hearing from Demetrius I could conclude he works during the weekend and as I said those that work weekends have good percentage of advantage. Let’s see what Katiana Civil has to say, “I work at food lion and I do work around 20-25 hours a week. I’m not really stressed out since I don’t really get a lot of homework from my classes so the only stressful thing is getting tired from working like 8 hours a day sometimes.” She is right with that; not having homework or numerous of tests the next day after work is less stressful but having a maximum of three or two tests becomes stroke sometimes.
There is no substitute for hard work. Said a lot of drawbacks of working as a teen but we have to see to the bright side of it. Working as a high school student makes you feel more responsible. You almost feel like an adult that sees the reality of life. You grow more independent from your parents. When I speak of being responsible as a student I mean you get the chance to make good plans towards life. And you always have a budget towards your day to day spending which is how to manage finances. As Demetrius said earlier he has extra money to spend as long as he makes a budget. You do not have to get to college until you get to know how to budget your money. Is great earning your own money but who finds it selfish sometimes to spend their own money very easy? Funny right? But I would count myself as one. My dad now hardly spends on me since he realized I work and I do not really like it. But who cares you gain your own money after all.
Working as a teen gives you an idea of how to manage your time in life in other not to lose your job or fail a class and leads you to an extra mile in life. Where I’m heading to? Students that work or work for a long period have less time to engage in risky behaviors. It saves them from odd environment full of troubles. Having a work changes your life and forces you to create a schedule, learn and manage your time appropriately. Which these leads to positive effects of spending less time on the internet and learning time management skills. This helps a student to be a victim of multitasking and grow with it.
Working is not that bad but is not for lazy people and those addicted to their phones or technology. Working as a teen, you get the chance to have different work experience and set yourself for a rewarding lifetime career path. Career work opens the mind of an individual to how to fill up and application, learn how to handle people. The skills you gain are some which motivates you to fix problems you could ever thought of and also get the chance to link with others that may be of positive help in the future. In all you end up in a professional manner by the time you done with college full of different skills.
