Teenagers On After-school Jobs Essays

The five teenagers that I interviewed do not currently work. Their main focus is school, as it should be. However, they stated that if given the opportunity, they would like to take up a job so that they could start saving money for themselves and to help out their families with their expenses. They do not seem to have too many responsibilities given to them by their parents, aside from doing household chores and maintaining decent grades in school. Even though their parents allowed them with some autonomy, they do not take this for granted. They still obtain permission

Should teens earn less than adults for doing the same job? This topic has been very controversial and many have been paranoid of it because of the unemployment that is happening lately. “Is It Fair to Pay Teens Less Than Adults” by Bob Battles and Marilyn Watkins is about a debate that contains two opposing views of whether teens should be equally or not equally paid as an adult. Each viewpoint is thoroughly explained why their side is the stronger argument. I think that teens and adults equally should be paid. Teens should be equally paid as an adult because, many of them work to help their family, save for college, and help themselves to build work experience.

I can’t count how many teens I know who don’t feel comfortable around other people. A lot of them get nervous when someone starts talking to them because, maybe, they’re not around people who they are familiar with. By getting a job when they are younger, they can have a chance to be around people more like them, and they’d develop people skills because of their added confidence. This added confidence could help them succeed in many of life’s challenges that require them to speak their minds about their opinions and feelings. Therefore, jobs at an early age can help build confidence and make more friends. And who wouldn’t want more friends?

The first reason was some students work over the summer to help their family pay the bills. Some teenagers work to save up money for college. Students can also gain work experience that is good for their resume. Students can also, work in a place that relates to a subject that they want to study. It can help show college what their interest are. If the summer vacation is longer they will have more opportunity

Furthermore, when It comes to children of poorer families trying to get a job at the age of 22, they still are going to face challenges compared to a child with money. Their parents won’t know as many connections compared to someone who works with high income people, who can help get a young adult a job.

Generation Free Lunch, to get a j-o-b! by Heather Wilhelm explains why teenagers need to be given a chance to get a job.

First, the teenagers are going to have a tougher time trying to find a job. The cause is because they have little to no experience. Second, those teenagers will have to work harder to keep their job. Since there will be a decrease in the amount of available jobs, those who already have it will have to work harder to cover for the understaffing of the company.

With prom, school sports and other fun trips high school has to offer, paying for all these actives may not be ideal for the parent of these high school students. Getting a job can be an option for high school students to help the student also to the parent with these experiences that are coming. Amitai Etzioni the author of “Working at McDonalds” makes it clear, high school students with part-time jobs does not do anything for the high school student. Amitai Eztioni believes these part-time jobs does not teach true skills a high school student will need in the future. Even though Amitai Etzioni strongly consider part-time jobs have no long life value, part-time jobs do prepare high school students to develop job skills for their future because learn to maintain priorities , the student learns the value of money , and develop life skills.

The American society has where a CEO is able to pay a worker to give up eight hours of their day and wills himself to the whims of the CEO. Jobs allow people to afford goods and necessities, making them necessary in American society. Even at an early age, people are pressured to have jobs like babysitting and mowing. I remember being pressured to have a job at an early age. When I was in seventh grade, Mr. Jones came to my history classroom and showed a video of the annual eighth-grade trip to Washington D.C. and I knew as soon as I saw that video that I had to go; The only problem was that it cost $2,500 and convincing my parents that the money was worth investing in this trip would be tricky. I brought home the pamphlet given to each

Teenagers working under some conditions can be bad for them, but at other times it can be good be governed by the day-to-day schedule for the teenager working. When a teen is till at school, working will have an effect on their participation and attendance in a negative

On the contrary, adolescents’ families may be struggling financially so it may be helpful to have their child be employed. They may use the extra money to pay bills, pay rent or buy food. However, in the long run, having their student drop out of high school is actually a disservice. As their life moves on and they wish to get employed elsewhere, the employer may think they are unmotivated, and have a poor work ethic. Employers will notice they left high school and presume that the adolescent cannot complete something they have already

Another advantage is that students can become responsible. Jobs make young people more responsible, and teach them the value of money and work. It makes them learn how to manage their time wisely and make them more organized. It prepares them for the future life, but also some less than desirable ones, like having too many responsibilities, spending most of their free time at work and not with friends or family. Some people think that it spoils the student academic career. They spend more time at work and they don’t get time to do their homework and assignments. Sometimes they have to skip classes to get enough sleep. They can’t concentrate on study because of the job. Those kinds of students will soon realize that the paycheck they receive at that point in time may feel nice, but it is not something they can live off of.

If kids don’t have to work for most of their teenage years they will probably become very lazy and they won’t build working skills. By the time they will be allowed to get a job they won’t want to work they will just want to be lazy and play video games in their free time. Lowering the age to get a job will give them experience in working. They will learn how to juggle a job and school before school gets more complicated in high school. It will also make them more motivated while at school because they won’t want to work at a low-paying job all their

Having a teenage curfew is ineffective and useless. Many people argue that the curfews are necessary because it will keep young people out of trouble. They also say that teenagers are more likely to get in trouble late than they would during daylight. Teens are looked at as the age group that causes the most trouble, and society targets them when it comes to matter for crime, however many people believe that teens are responsible for a large percentage of crimes and that having a curfew in effect will help lower crime rates. I disagree with this because I don't think teenagers should be forced to follow a ridged time schedule because of a curfew.

     A student’s first job may not be glorious. Chances are it will be at a fast food restaurant or department store. A student’s first job will bring a self of satisfaction, but will also help to bring to a student’s attention that this is not what they want to be doing for the rest of their lives. If a student may not be doing very well in school,