Working While In High School

When you think about the stereotypical high school job, you think about a pimply faced, awkward teenager taking your order in the McDonalds drive thru. Working in high school has its pros and cons, just like anything else. High school is a time of self-discovery and learning how to be your own individual in this big world. Some high schoolers find identity in their job, and in turn gain an experience that stays with them throughout the rest of their life. High schoolers that work on the side not only learn time management, but, if managed right, can be placed in an environment that helps teens build valuable work experience, teaches responsibility and instruction.

Incoming freshmen experience the difficult decision of whether or not they would prefer to maintain a part-time job while attending college. For some students it may be a necessity, while for others, simply a desire. As an academic advisor, it is my job to assist the students in their growth and development by establishing meaningful educational plans which are compatible with their life goals. The student can either decide to manage working during school, or can solely focus on academics. Beginning college can be quite overwhelming, even without having a part-time job. College freshman students who are in college must consider academic, social, and psychological effects of working, in addition to whether or not it will interfere with their educational goals.

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

In high school, students are at the age where their priorities are all about them and their whole world involves them, themselves and maybe friends. To say the least, their priorities are not well established or correct if they have any. When the student gets a part-time job, like at a fast food restaurant it helps put their priorities straight. The students start to realize in order to make the money they need to pay for what they want, they need to make time adjustment and make real priorities. Students will learn that in order to have this job they will need to work during the weekends since school during the weekday. Working they will

With kids working later in high school they would not have time to do their jobs after school.

A survey from Citigroup finds that almost eighty percent of high school students take part in a part time job. Students do not have careers in their jobs through high school, but jobs that can keep money in their pockets. The decision is left up to the students if he/she wants to work and attend school simultaneously; the decision should not be left up to the parents/guardians. Although the decision should not be left up to the parents/guardians, getting a job should be encouraged to high school students. Having a job introduces students to the real world and transforms students into responsible young adults. Nothing can teach young adults responsibility and management like the experience of having a job throughout high school. Since I am

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

In the article Teenagers’ Work Can Have Downsides”by Jerald G Bachman describe how teens who are in high school that have jobs developed poor academic performances “ they're more likely to be involved in a variety of problems ” Jerald began the “Monitoring the Future “ project that monitored teens in high school and from college who had jobs and discovered a drop in the high school teens academics and made connections between long hours and problems behaviors are symptoms of issue like poor adjustments to school and greater interest in short term gratification .They encouraged for student to follow what they call a sweet spot a job that requires relatively few hours per week during the school year fewer hours the better.Student that have

Most parents would rather see their child achieve higher academically than seeing them earn minimum wage. Students should not work during high school because they get better grades and have more time for a social life. Although working through high school gives the student more spending money, they should not forego the opportunities that would open to them by getting good grades. They also may be able to receive more work experience by working through high school, but if they drop out, they won’t be making nearly as much money as a high school graduate or someone with a bachelor’s degree.

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

Students can be too young to work at a job if they decide to graduate early. The majority of students who graduate early are at the ages of 15-16 and may not be old enough to work or wouldn’t have the opportunity due to age. Most students don’t get a licens till 16 near age 17 if they decide to graduate they may not have any transportation to go to there jobs. Students that are willing to graduate early are needed to have a certain build of work to have the ability to work a 40 to 50 hour week. Students in high school don’t know what they want to do in their future and is most likely to change career paths during high school.

In 2002 a study of over 2,700 adolescents found that working teenagers had a better work maturity. This leads to better time management skills that would help with going to school and working a part-time job, having a planner to write down the hours you’re working will help coordinate the time you need for studying and doing homework.

There’s a time in life when teens want to get a head jump into their adulthood. To show that they’re maturing, some teenagers start smoking, while others start dating to show their responsibility and commitments towards relationships, but most of them start working part- time in order to have money to do the things they wish to do. In fact, I got my first job at the age of 15 when I was a freshman in high school. The reason why I chose to work was because I wanted to save some money for college. Although I work to save money for school, many of my friends work to save money for new-fashioned clothing and shoes. As a result of working, my GPA dropped from a 3.83 to 3.55

In conclusion, it is more helpful not to have a job in high school than to be working while attending high school. This is so because the detriment that working in high school has is not healthy for anyone to endure. First, having a job in high school can lower academic achievement which is a very bad affect on the future. Also, working in high school can increase the likelihood for substance abuse. Lastly, working too much in high school can affect your psychosocial well-being. Overall, working in high school is not

Students would have a higher success rate if they could focus on their studies opposed to focusing how they are going to pay for them. Students who have to work and go to post-secondary education are less focused on their education compared to those who do not have to work. On average, a student should get between eight and nine hours of sleep which is not possible most of the time. If students have to go to school for approximately five hours per day, do one to four hours of homework, and sleep eight-nine hours that all equals to 14-18 hours of their day. How is a student possibly able to work six to eight hours on top of that? Some will say “Work and school combined makes for a more responsible student due to the extra tasks which forces them to use time management appropriately.” Technically yes, however the human body is not built to deal with so many tasks at once. Work can consume up to 40 hours of additional time that a student could use for either extra assignment time or even extra sleep.