Although having a part-time job may help a growing teen to be more independent, work ethic driven and more productive, it interferes with the school involvement of a teenager. Working long hours while attending school is just too much hard work for young adults to handle. Imagine getting home tired from a four-hour shift at work and still having homework to do after dinner and a shower. I’m sure some people can handle this for a week or so, but after that, they’ll get burnt out. Too much work leads to stress and eventually, working teen’s grades will drop. When their grades start dropping, they may cut back their course load and begin to avoid classes that require many hours of studying. In the article “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go For It?,” Dennis McLennan cites evidence from a study of more than 500 working and non-working students at four Orange County (California) high schools, “part-time employment during the…
In the article “Teenagers’ Work Can Have Downsides” by Jerald G. Bachman, questions the idea of High School Teens being employed. The article states that High School students who work long hours in jobs during the school year tend to have poor academic success. These students are said to have behavioral problems, acts of delinquency and drug use. These results spark the question “Should Teens Work?” In my opinion, I say that teenagers should be allowed to work mainly because it would open the opportunity for the individual to be able to become responsible.…
All of the positives about having a part-time job have one big caveat. Students cannot usually be employed more than 20 hours per week or their grades begin to suffer, they do less homework, and they are more likely to drop out (Gisler & Eberts, 2016). Your grades could suffer more if you were without a job than if you had a job during school. The busier you are, the more focused you become. Working really makes you more structured; you have a lot of things to do in a short amount of time, so it’s important to keep up with it all (Laskowski, 2009). So, if they get paid for grades and don’t get a job because you don’t have to, you won’t be structured as if you had a…
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…
Teens who have their own money, money that they have worked hard for themselves, have a sense of pride because they don’t have to be dependant on their parents for everything they want. They have a little more freedom in regards to what and…
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…
Many American students believe that employment is an integral part of their high school experience. Working part-time teaches students responsibility and time-managements. Additionally, working can teach students how to budget their money for the future; and can also help pay for college. Securing a part-time job in an area of a future career interest may benefit a high school student in determining if pursuing a career in a particular field is best for them.…
Department of Labor, 2000). Furthermore, even though most teens don’t have any financial responsibility of house, car payments and health insurance to worry about-because parents cover that, there are many potential benefits for them having a part-time job. Having a pay check will also help them learn money management skills, and with parents allowing them to go thru overspending with not a practical purchase, this too can help them think twice next time they want to overspend. It’s better to learn when young instead of in adulthood. It can also help them stay out of trouble with friends or avoid getting into any dangerous situations if they must go to work the next morning. Teaches them to invest a lot of their time in going to work and are less likely to spend their time frivolously or waste their money on trivial things. They will also use the reason of a job to keep themselves busy and stay away from teenage…
A part-time job also means that one must be able to work with other people. Working with other people may be easy, but difficult as well. When one work with other people, he must be able to communicate with them as well as work alongside with him. They must work together, in order for the task to be complete. This is like playing sports with the team. If the team does not work together, they will find themselves losing because the team is not in sync with each other.…
Parents may be against their students holding jobs. They might not think that their children are prepared to have the level of responsibility that jobs require. Students should only be able to hold jobs if their parents say that they can. Some parents may be over protective, or worried about their child causing them to not want their child to have a job. The choice of students as young as fourteen having jobs should not be left up to only the student. Parents should always have a say on what their children do. If they don’t think that their child should have a job, then it shouldn’t be allowed. Jobs should make employees that are young get some sort of permission slip signed.…
When teenagers work it keeps them out of quite a bit of trouble when they consider the fact that the trouble could cost them their paychecks. Now tell me do you think that if your teens knew that they could lose their paying jobs because doing stupid things such as joining gangs, drinking alcohol and abusing substances that they would not do it? I know I wouldn't. The way everybody should see it is like this, why spend hard earned money on something that could take that money away and get you into lots of trouble. And consider the fact that doing…
Students learn important social skills when they have part time jobs. They learn how to communicate with others, such as the public or fellow co- workers. This skill transits into adulthood as it is always necessary. This skill could not be learned without a job as students do not typically deal with persons out of their age group.…
I believe that teens (specifically 16-19 year olds) should get a summer job. I’m not saying that they should have a full-time job or work every single day during the summer, but they should at least work a couple of days each week. Young people like them will get a great life experience from being in the work force. For example, they’ll have more social skills by interacting with the customers or with their co-workers, and later in life when they’re adults this will help them a lot. Also, getting a job would help them learn how to budget money. If you think about it ─ your child can put more and more money towards college if they are working, so you wouldn’t have to. And with their own money that they earned by being employed, they’ll appreciate…
Response: I agree with Steinberg that working affects adolescents that are going to school. I believe that teenagers should concentrate on their studies and not become overwhelmed with the added stress of work. There is plenty of time for them to learn the "real world" of working, so why not let them be kids and have them worry about their homework and after school chores, rather than trying to make the almighty dollar.…