Part Time Jobs

Part Time Jobs

  • Submitted By: acore
  • Date Submitted: 03/02/2009 5:56 PM
  • Category: Social Issues
  • Words: 1410
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Many high school students are faced with a question: To maintain an after school job during the school year, or to focus on academic endeavors. Jobs help students reap many benefits, making it a good idea for students to hold part time jobs during the school year. This is a good idea because it gives students real world experience. Another reasons because it teaches students how to manage their time. The final reason holding a part time job during the school year is a good idea for students, is that it teaches them how to save their money.

It is a good idea for students to hold part time jobs during the school year because it gives students real world experience. While maintaining a job, students must take responsibility for their actions. For example, at my job, when I make a mistake, excuses are not acceptable. Take, for example, at the end of the day, my cash register is short fifty dollars. I can’t tell my supervisor that I accidentally over-changed someone because my parents woke me up too late. That’s not acceptable to an employer, so I’m forced to take responsibility for my actions. If it’s the employers with to fire me, I can learn from my mistake, and perhaps set my alarm a little earlier next time. Another way holding part time jobs during the school year is a good idea because it teaches students about real life experiences. It does this by exposing students to different types of people. For example, while I’m in high school, I’m exposed to only students and teachers. It’s a very controlled environment, where everyone feels the need to be polite to one another to avoid conflict. If I were to spend all my time in that kind of environment, only to suddenly thrown into a real life situation, I wouldn’t know how to handle, for example, a disgruntled client. I could panic and raise my voice at that client, resulting in the loss of my job. On the other hand, if I had maintained an after school job during high school, I would have had plenty of experience...

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