I believe that everyone has to start a minimum –wage job in their teenage years. When we are young we learn habits and behaviors. Minimum-wage jobs teach the habit of first responsibilities – going to work on time, following directions, team work, respect for more experienced coworkers and managers, those jobs teach the dynamics of the work place. Low-wage jobs take the student out of school and place him/her in their new environment where they will spend the rest of their lives. And yes, the jobs are of repetitive nature and sometimes boring but there are more important lessons learned there.…
Some of the research articles we found included people from both sides. The first article included places like McDonalds where you start out at the bottom and work your way up the food chain. Although, this happening is rare, you learn valuable skills like, time management, being honest and being dependable. The second article we read opposed the idea of high school students working. This author argued that high school students can only get jobs that do not require any skills or creativity and you should spend your time focusing on the important thing, school.…
Learning is very important tools for many people and many people know that study and getting all the experience and knowledge of what they are learning is a tool to be successful in the real world. Some people think that learning is not important to them, but others disagree because it is providing people tools and knowledge to learn based on whatever they are doing and what they have been taught from. However, we learn because it some things that it is in our DNA, which is requiring us to learn, but working is another way for people to learn by getting “hand on” experience. Amitai Etzioni wrote, “Working at McDonald’s” to indicate how high school students having jobs at their early young ages it is bad for them. Etzioni mention that, “two-thirds…
There are hardly any jobs that begin later than school begins and By going through the same process for many years, it makes waking up early and going to work seem not as difficult as waking up and going to school. Many teenagers will agree with my statement and many will not, but its very important to…
After reading this essay by Amitai Etzioni, I could see why he is promoting teenagers to pay more attention to their academics and education rather working at fast food restaurants like McDonalds. He provides many studies done to prove his thesis clearly. One of the few studies is a 1984 study by Ivan Charper and Bryan Shore Fraser which says that teenagers do not pay attention to what skills they develop because they only care about finishing their working hours and earning money. Another study by A. V. Harrell and P. W. Wirtz in 1980 which said “ among those students who worked at least 25 hours per week while in school, their unemployment rate four years later was half of that of seniors who did not work”( Axelrod and Cooper 281). Etzioni argued that many of the students who worked part time were end up unemployed or they were had a low skilled job. Etzioni provides appropriate support for his essay by using statistics data like “58 percent of seniors acknowledged that their jobs interferes with their school work” (Axelrod and Cooper 282). These studies do provide a strong argument but these studies do not show or tell about the circumstances that force certain teenagers to work at fast food restaurants.…
I grew up in a decently well off family when it came to money. I did not have to worry about getting a job at a young age, but I was never handed everything in life. I had to work for it whether it be through chores or through owing money back for what I wanted to get. My father lost his job several times while I was growing up. This was because either a company was shutting down or because he would refuse to cheat in order to make money. This was hard on our family and because my mom was a pre-school teacher, there was not a lot of money coming into the house as I became older. I mentioned several times to my parents about getting a job and they were neither for it nor against it. If I wanted a job I could get one, if I did not want a…
When high school students graduate, they have many choices to make about there future. The natural thing for a young person to do after high school is go to college. For generations this has been the way for many young students, but some of today's youth put academics aside. Those who do, feel that they have had enough of writing and reading and expect to get good jobs flipping burgers. Those who do go to college benefit in many ways. Not only do they receive skills that will land them a descent career, they will grow as people. When students are in high school they are use too teachers, counselors, and there parents telling them what decisions to make. In college its up to them to decide whether they want to continue…
When a student becomes employed, they can save the money that they earned, which can benefit for their future education. To further explain, the interview “ Paying for College without Loans, Scholarships or Looting your Parents’ Retirement” by Steinburg, Jacques and Mr. Zac Bissonnette tells the reader how “ Saves $6 per hour of that throughout high school will have 24,960 in savings,”(Bissonette 13). This proves to show that just with saving a little bit of money, can help the student pay off college easily. Others may argue that working during high school can distract a student from their work, but the same article leads a different direction with that statement. For example, it states how “college student who were employed...higher average GPA (2.72) than those who werent working,” (Bissonette 13).The statistics clearly show that when a student works during school it motivates them try harder at school. Overall, working while being in high school allows the student to not be in such a high…
This essay brought up a point that I myself have never thought of before. I’ve worked multiple part-time jobs since my freshman year of high school and have continued to hold a job through my time in college thus far. I disagree with the author in his theory that the part-time jobs of today turn students into robots and that the skills gained from them have completely changed over time. Holding a job throughout high school has strengthened my time management skills and allowed me to be able to live more independently; being that I’m not always relying on my parents for money. It has also allowed me to pay for my college tuition. While not everyone is the same, I know a lot of students who work to pay for their education and I know there’s also kids out there who work to pay for their wild lifestyle.…
I seriously had never looked at it in the way Amitia put it. I think it is good for a teenager to have a job because it helps them appreciate life more. They actually see the worth of items. I never looked at it as it was not teaching a teenager anything. I am still going to stick with my theory though, because teenagers who come from two parents homes and are used to their parents purchasing everything, this teaches the teenager to appreciate their parent’s dollar. I would agree though that the teenager who does not have parents could definitely fall into the category of purchasing things they should not. They will also fall into the category of not saving and will never learn. Some teens will come from…
Have you ever had a parents or a guardian that worked full time? Well many teen are faced with issues and in some case their parents are working overtime to provide for them. So many times when teens come of age they apply for jobs to help…
It is important for teens to have a job in high school because of all the great aspects they can get out of it. Jobs give teens a leap of confidence and teach them independence. Working after school is an incredible way for teens to learn the importance of responsibility. They will have the opportunity to get a taste of the real world and prepare for the future.…
Work is a huge part of my life, always has been, always will. My whole childhood my parents raised my siblings and I so we’d become self-dependent. I have so many friends whose parents would just hand them money left and right. I find it so unfair that some kids are literally handed anything they ask for. I think it’s cruel and setting your child up to fail in the future. I think every high school student should have a job. Whether it’s at a fast food joint, or the local retail store. I started working at the age of eleven. I held this job for almost eight years! After leaving my first job, I started babysitting. I’ve always had some form of income coming in for myself, unlike many of my peers. I’ve always been a determined hard worker.…
When they finish school, teenagers face the dilemma of whether to get a job or continue their education. While there are some benefits to getting a job straight after school, I would argue that it is better to go to college or university.…
Working while enrolled is perhaps the single most common major activity among Philippines’s diverse undergraduate population (Castro, 2012) Here in our country many students studied in public high schools because of financial problem and sometimes they need to work for them to continue their studies and help their parents financially. Have you ever wondered how these high school students make it to work and studying at the same time? Everyone has an idea on what high school students do in school. But do we have an idea every time they go in their workplace? What motivates the student to work while studying? Or is there a support coming from their parents, peers, etc.? High school working students might be functional or may experience malfunction with regards to their performance in school.…