Working During High School

A Job is Part of High School Student’s Success
Johan Cruijff once stated, “Every disadvantage has its advantage.” This famous quote leads to the issue of whether students should work or not work during high school, which has been a controversial hot topic in the Parent/Teacher Association. Working during high school may affect students’ school performance, yet working also provides invaluable working skills. According to the short article, “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go For It?” by Dennis McLellan, “80% of high school students had held part-time jobs by the time they graduated” (270). Statistics show that the majority of the high school students held a position in a job during high school, and these students still graduated successfully.
Students are able to get the financial benefits from jobs. According to Katherine Cress, the author of “Why Not Ask the Students? Urban Teenagers Make the Case for Working,” students can use their income to take the pressure off their families. Teenagers often ask parents for money, but high school students are young adults who should be able to take care of themselves and should be more independent. Working can make this happen. Working students are able to contribute “ …their own support–and thereby [contribute] to the welfare of the family as a whole . . . ” (290). Cress provides several examples in her article, which includes the fact that Laronda lends her mother money; Kevin pays for his family’s groceries; and seventeen years old Carmen is already married and works to pay the household expenses. Furthermore, I had a job in high school as a tutor for flute, three hours a week and ten dollars for each lesson hour. I earned $30 per week and I was able to go shopping and watch movies without begging my mother for money. A job can take care of the basic financial issues on
None of the prior research showed that students could learn valuable skills and working habits in school. Cress points out a remarkable example of a working student, named James (example of him doing what?). He states that he learns the administration skills in work that he will need in his future job. He worked in a record store and he confidently claimed that he would be able to handle the entire store by his senior year because he will accumulate the working experiences such as communication skills, management skills, and stocking. These invaluable skills, that will help James to achieve his goal and “operate his own business after college” (288) includes marketing, managing, and stocking. One working skill that I learned from teaching flute is patience, and it is still useful to me. I recall the first couple times when I taught a beginner in flute. It irritated me whenever she didn’t get the correct articulation, which means a musical technique that affects the transition on the notes. Nonetheless, she was only a beginner; I noticed that I shouldn’t expect perfection from her. So I reviewed the basic skills step-by-step and played with her until she can play the entire phrase perfectly by herself. Working skill is the experience that we have to go through personally in order to build our way to success in future