Working Through High School

In the American culture is normal for most high school students to have part time jobs. On the other hand, high schoolers are not expected to work. There are many reasons for that, but one of them is that it

Teens work to help them gain work experience for jobs that they will take in the future. “Clark is a 16 year old who talks about how working experience can help teens like him to succeed in their career” (“Africa News Service” 1). Working experience can build a sense of confidence for teens . “Many teens talk about how having a chance to work makes them confident as a human being” (Scherer 1). Teens want work experience so they can improve in their weak points. “Bailey talks about how she was very shy, but until she started working she had become more open towards people” (2). Teens getting working experience and equally treated will help them be confident and grow up to be a good example of an

Employment can have a positive effect on my learning because it motivates me to do the best I can so that I can achieve my career goals. It would also benefit me because if I was employed with a part time job, I could have money that I would buy nice things with. I enjoy luxury things so by getting a snippet of what I can buy with the money I’m already earning can be a motivator for me to do well so that I can get a proper job and earn a lot more money which means having nicer things which I would enjoy and be my reward for doing well.

When thinking of the average American teenager, responsible is probably not the first word to come to mind. Getting a job teaches one to be responsible and accountable. From my own work experience, I have learned a lot about being responsible. As a CNA my job is to feed, bathe, change, and make sure the residents’ basic needs are being met. These people depend on me to take

Some students are already prepared for what comes after they finish high school. Not all students work at the same pace the faster students can finish high school and are ready to get a job. The

Like I stated before I was only sixteen when I got my first job and the only responsibilities I had before then were the chores around my house, which included mowing the lawn, washing the dishes, making my bed, and folding the laundry. Having any type of job requires more responsibility. This job required me to handle day to day office management which included, taking out the trash, restocking food and beverages, and vacuuming and sweeping. This taught me basic professional skills and how to take care of something other than myself. I also quickly learned that I needed to be responsible enough to multi-task my time between school, work, and a sport. I also had to be responsible enough to show up on time and to report to work every day that I said I would. Overall, I learned on the job techniques that I applied to the real world. For example, I also use this work experience, multi-tasking, and being on time with my second job, college and personal

First, working in a upper teenage can help people decide their majors. This is important to help students know what to do in future. For example, when I had sixteen years old, I started wondering what major I would study after high school. So, I decided to work in different fields to help me decide my major. I decided to study pharmacy when I worked as a pharmacy technician. So, I like helping people and I found in my work in the pharmacy that pharmacists have great role in helping people to take their medications. So, pharmacists can counsel patients about how they can use their medications and also pharmacists encourage patients to take medications to heal from their diseases. Fortunately, my work at the high school's age enabled me to take

Finally, students can gain experience by working throughout high school. This brings them opportunity to learn how to budget their money, which is a vital part of being independent. Students can gain more experiences and polish their skills while working. These skills can help them in future in finding perfect job for them. For example, if you enjoy teaching, working part-time as a tutor may help you improve your teaching skills and gain experiences.

Many students, teachers, parents, and community members debate the value of working while in high school. As with any other topic, there are pros and cons to this.

The article “Teenagers’ work can have downsides” by Jerald Bachman concerns the topic of the high school students' work. The author wants to find the answer whether working during the high school benefits students or not. He claims that teenager's work might impose negative impact on students. However, considering appropriate amount of working hours might be a solution.

Surviving high school is no easy task. From the very first day of class, students are forced to find comradery in various social circles. These cliques can range from sports jocks, to math and band geeks, to school club members, and to the social outcasts who could care less about school. While there are more various types of groups, the most common are the jocks and the nerds. As far as everybody in the school in concerned, the popular athletes and the “wimpy” nerds are from two very different planets. However, while there are a lot of differences between the two as far as physical appearance goes, I had the honor of being part of both worlds, and I know for a fact that they have more in common than either would care to admit.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment rates for teens for the past few years have been poor. This indicates that teens have lesser way to learn responsible and responsibility. Part-time jobs can teach teenagers life-long work skills like hard work but can also teach them responsibility and money management.

  Nowadays, students love to have part-time jobs. Their parents approve it easily as they are said to gain experience from working. However, having a job is a big responsibility for a student. Before, teenagers at their age were working to help their family because of poverty. Nevertheless, they were actually eager to study and learn at school for their future. It was not the same as the teenagers nowadays where they are more likely competing to each other to have a job. Most of the

     We spend four years of our lives attending high school. Going through high school is supposed to prepare us for college and “the real world.” Throughout these four years we begin to better understand our choices for college majors, but we don’t get presented with the financial and time struggle that we will face. College costs money, along with everyday living. When attending college we become more independent and are faced with the problem of coming up with money and finding a balance between time for work and school. Though it may seem like working through high school is a bad idea, it could better prepare students for “the real world.”

A student with a part-time job will learn not only great work ethic, but also how to balance the demanding workloads between school and work. This is great for when students go on to become involved in other activities because they will know time management and how to balance their energy between activities. Time management is a skill that is extremely important to students and people in today?s world because everything is so fast, and compressed; there is a lot to do in a typical day of a student! Employed students must learn how to work while still making time for their studies and other things. They will also have to learn confidence in telling the boss when they absolutely can not work because schoolwork must come first. For example, I used to work about 40 hours a week at Tim Horton?s while I was attending Northern full time as a student. Between all this, I was training for boxing, running x-country, maintaining a social life and such but I kept my schoolwork the first priority with my job running in a close second. It was hard to get on track of balancing everything while working eight(plus) hour day shifts but I was able to manage it, and find use for every moment I had awake. I learned a lot from that time in my life and now every day I get I seem to plan out and make sure I have the proper time for everything. Students learning how to balance their workload will benefit a lot