Experience In My Highschool Years

Adolescence can be a challenging period of time for many students because they have to take more responsibilities, be more mature, set their future goals and increasingly concentrate on their studies. However, there are quite a few students who choose to have a part-time job, regardless of the obstacles like having more things to handle and the difficulties to find a job. Teenagers want to work for a variety of reasons. For example, they may want to provide a constructive use of their free time, work for the money to buy things they want and spend the money on their preferences, or even work because they want to build up their confidence, have some fun and make new friends. Nevertheless, some people say that students should not have a part-time

Just imagine, waking up in the morning, then getting ready, get to school, then dismiss, going to work, then go home and sleep, wake up and do every one of the steps over and over. With teens, being high schoolers or college students, getting through their present school is very important toward their future and career. Although school is important, so is having a job. Jobs bring responsibilities and better yet, working at a job brings home money! Both going to school for all teens’ future and working at a job close to home is essential for every teen. Except it is very stressful to those students, it is difficult for them to work and balance school. Unless they have wealthy parents that can buy them

One of the problems teachers in America fear with students is whether they should have a job. Most students, in their junior and senior year of high school, have part-time jobs. However, junior year and senior year claims to be the busiest years of a high school student. So particularly, teachers feel as if students shouldn’t work too much or they shouldn’t work at all being that they may overwork themselves or not stay focus on school. Students should have the benefit of working through high school if it’s going to be beneficial later in life or college even if they have to go through some setbacks or lessons learned.

There comes a point in every teen’s life where they are faced with the decision of getting a job, while some will jump at the chance, others will discard the idea, believing it’ll do more harm than good. For those who proceed to the next step of acquiring a job, the inevitable speech of, “If your grades start to drop, you’re quitting you’re job,” is said, and the astonishing world of working while in high school is revealed. Even though the teen might be ready to acclimatize themselves to adulthood, some parents are not as receptive to the idea of juggling high school and a job, viewing it as useless and not worth the extra spending money. However, working while in high school has many positive character building effects, since it teaches responsibility, improves time management skills and helps prepare for the future.

Although, having an extra responsibility under a teenagers belt is not entirely what they need, but it will make some students much more responsible. School work keeps teenagers up until dawn finishing it, but during the weekend they do not have near as much as they do during the week. Even a part-time job helping stack boxes or unload a truck can put the smallest amount of cash in a students wallet. This is able to teach them responsibility for the future when they will need to work in order to take care of themselves. They will learn that they only have so much to spend, and shouldn’t expect to get everything they want. This teaches teenagers to be humble. Another aspect they will learn is

Gaining acceptance into an adequate college or deciding what to do after high school is the second-biggest pressure in a teenager’s life and 83 percent of teens who took the survey said that school was “a somewhat or significant source of stress (APA).” To explain, Teachers and school figures constantly stress after high school choices on teenagers, often making a them feel as if people want them to make a decision that moment, which can be extremely stressful. As a result, twenty-seven percent of teens reported overwhelming levels of stress during the school year, but that number fell to 13 percent during summer and 10 percent of teens felt that stress had had a negative impact on their grades. Also, under 60 percent said that managing too many extracurricular activities were a significant stressor. Stress in extra curricular activities is another level of stress that teenagers face. Often times, teenagers are pushed to exceeding limits in extra curriculars, usually sports. The constant push to succeed can cause more stress for the teenager. To reduce school work stress in teenagers, teachers should reduce the level of school work they assign to

Furthermore, having a part-time job as a teenager encourages overspending. Because most teenagers still live with their parents, they have no bills to pay. This means that the money they are earning are their own money. Due to our society’s obsession with new things, these teenagers are driven to spend their money on useless things that will not help with their future. According to a recent online poll, 75% of teenagers that have part-time jobs spend their money on leisure items. (Logos) Instead of saving their money for college, these teenagers spend it on videogames, further hindering their academic

• Schedule time to study. Teenagers with part-time jobs may have difficulty balancing a job and schoolwork.

In the Article, “Teenagers’ Work Can Have Downsides” by Jerald G. Bachman the question of teens going to work during the school year is introduced.While Bachman does talk about both the downsides and positives of teens working. Bachman’s view on the downsides of teens working are that delinquency,drug usage,and poor academic performance is high among teens who work long hours.However,teens should be able to work as it can develop useful skills,allow money to be saved for long term uses,and allows for students to complete college.

Experience is beneficial in obtaining one’s goals, and the best way to ensure a successful future is by interacting with real life situations. In high school, teenagers have the opportunity to acquire and practice different types of working skills which will aid them in whatever situations they may encounter. Whether it is a physically demanding sport or a brain stumping math question, the obstacles presented in high school are meant to be a test that molds a teenager into an adult. Challenging academic courses and extracurricular activities are a way for young individuals to prepare themselves for their demanding future.

Of all the choices that the California State University of Fresno offered, I decided to enroll myself in English 10. My decision was based on my high school experience. I always challenged myself to take rigorous and challenging courses. In high school, whether it was a gate, honors, or AP courses, I always took up the challenge and gave it all my best. I had excelled in my English course in high school, however, I do understand that high school writing will massively differ from college writing. In addition, my decision was also based upon my recent participation in the English 10 course over the summer offered by the HCOP program for incoming freshmen experience.

It was a friday evening football season was getting ready to start up again. I loved going to the football games and mingling with my classmates. It also meant that school was getting ready to start back up and I would be “fresh meat” as everybody call the new upcoming freshman. I was excited to be around new people in a new environment from middle school. Also a little nervous but who wouldn’t be nervous starting high school.

In my senior year of highschool I was pretty productive. When I say productive I mean academically, financially, and even socially. I was a student teacher for a 7th grade Science class, a crew member at chipotle, and I played varsity basketball for my highschool team. So, my schedule was really jampacked. It was really challenging towards the beginning of the year because not only did I have those jobs and extracurricular activities but, I have a 5 year old demon of a brother that I also had babysit. Applying to college wasn’t easy at all because I had no support system. By no support system I mean my parents had no idea how the process was to be done so, I got no help from no one when it came to applications or even fafsa deadlines. These couple of months were the most stressful in my entire life not only did I have to worry about my daily life and current classes but, I had to make an effort in placing myself at a good college. My grades actually weren’t negatively affected by this lifestyle which really surprised me to be honest. I took advantage of weekends to hang out with friends and family and have fun but, when it came to the weekdays I was fully booked. I would get home really late from working on the line at chipotle so, my sleeping schedule was not good at all. This made me come to class late and start slacking in some classes that I didn’t as much as my core classes. This was how my first semester of highschool went.

Many people in high school, mostly teens, experience dozens of pressure in their life. To be specific, Schoolwork. Most teens want to excel in school, but want to have a social life or play some kind of sport. One thing that teens don’t understand is that once you’re out of high school, you have college, and then maybe graduate school. Our education will not be over just in High School. You have to work hard and these four years of your life, will impact everything that you do. If you mess up even once, it may ruin everything. This article is named, “Teens Biggest Stress? School.” It has been featured on MSNBC.com. It is written by, “The Associated Press”. It explains how 13-17 years old have the most stress in their high school life.

Part-time jobs become popular among students who need extra money. Many undergraduate students have part-time jobs. Their parents agree that they should find a part-time job to work while studying. In general, many foreign teenagers in other countries often work part-time job. Middleearthnj (2010) said that 80% of the teenagers who had graduated from high school held a part-time job at some time during their school years. However, there are disagreements on students working while studying. Those who are in favor of students should work state that part-time jobs are necessary for some students. They do not only earn money from work, but they also gain more experience that can be used for working in the future. On the contrary, some adults see that part-time jobs give negative effects on students because they cause exhaustion to students, making those learners cannot focus properly on their studies which usually result in failing exams.