Another reason why students working can be profitable throughout school even after graduating from college. It’s because it can help you with your financial education or just with your education in general. It can help enhance your brain with problem-solving depending on where you work like McDonald's. You will have to learn the best way making burgers and wraps because you won't wanna get embarrassed from quickly experienced workers. One of my friends from this school works in McDonald's and the first time he made a burger wasn't as rapid as Gordon Ramsey chopping apples within milliseconds. He took about two minutes to make one and he didn't really appreciate his first burger because the average is stunningly THIRTY SECONDS! even I couldn't
The skills learned while working at a fast food restaurant are not always from what you are directly taught on the job. In the article “The Fast-Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids,” the author, Amitai Etzioni, explains how fast food jobs hinder learning and the participation of students in school. Etzioni claims that while a fast food job provides income, it does not provide knowledge or skills that would be learn from other jobs such as carpenting, as well as stating that jobs like these dampen creativity. While I agree with some of the author's statements, such as students having a hard time balancing work and school, the author also makes claims that are not correct.
In the essay, “Working at McDonald’s,” Amitai Etzioni shares his strong belief that working, especially at McDonald’s type restaurants, is bad for teenagers. I would agree that working is not a good thing for teenagers under some circumstances but at other times it is good. First, jobs affect school involvement and attendance in bad ways. Second, jobs often provide “on the job experience,” but much of the time the experience taught is useless. Third, fast food jobs may provide a disadvantaged status. Fast food jobs can also provide an advantaged status. Finally, workers can learn to manage their money by making mistakes with money before they get into the Real World.
In life, no matter who you are, everyone strives to find a job that makes enough money. In addition, to also make you happy and to feel important. People that fail to do this often lose ambition and the confidence they need to succeed. There are multiple outlets to purse including college, a trades union or construction, and also the military. Unless you are able to get lucky, these are the three most common paths to take in life. Matthew Crawford is a perfect example of this, who is also the author of “The Case for Working with Your Hands.” Crawford got a prestigious degree but ultimately decided that he would be better off working in a motor cycle garage. He is proof that you can find success outside of college if you take the right direction. Anthony Depalma provided a great example in the artile he wrote called “Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung.” Depalma tells the story of John Zannikos and his former employees where Zannikos came to this country and started a booming restaurant due to luck, not being smarter or craftier then the other immigrants. The other immigrants got left in the dust due to being stuck in a dead end job. Fast food though and other entry level jobs, is not a boulevard of dreams you can find achieve enough to find wealth and peace of mind.
Doing something you’re good at, and learning the different skills that will help you better yourself in the job are more important that what you could learn in a school. College isn’t for everyone, but you can learn just as much without it. Nothing beats, “The satisfaction of being good at what does for a living” (Murray 237). Education is important, it’s been taught since before Kindergarten that a good education will open more doors. And that’s true, however there are also a number of things that you learn through hard work that can’t be taught, instead “work smart...make every move count” (Rose
Almost everyone, especially middle-class families, face financial struggles during their lifetimes. It mainly starts when the children grow older and most likely, will want to attend college. As soon as they are able to, students want to find a job, such as a fast-food job, to possibly take a load off of their parents or jump-start their independence. Amitai Etzioni, a very well-known educator amongst prestigious schools who has a Ph.D in Sociology from University of California, Berkeley, touches upon this subject. All throughout his essay, Etzioni uses multiple tactics to justify this opinion that teenagers working in fast-food chains affects their academics. In the essay titled, “Working at Mcdonald’s”, Etzioni claims that teenagers tend to focus on instant gratification from money instead of what could be beneficial in the long run along with the interference of fast-food jobs, that could be detrimental to their educational and work careers.
For years, parents and educators have debated the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional school calendar, which has long summer vacations for all students.The longer you are away from school, the more you lose what you learned in the previous year. Studies have shown that children who know English as a second language benefit the most from year-round education because during the long summer break, they may not hear English for several months. Long summer breaks is a problem for traditional schools and the solution is to substitute traditional schools for year-round schools.
Students spend four years of their lives attending high school. Going through high school is mandatory as it prepares them for college and strength to face “the real world.” Having part-time jobs has become the phenomenon among high school students and many students follow this trend as well. Moreover, there are some pros and cons attached with it. Though it may seem like working throughout high school is a bad idea, it could better prepare students for “the real world.” Although some people believe that the primary duty of a student is studying, I am of the opposite position. I strongly support the idea that high school students should work throughout high school. This is because they can earn money, become responsible and get experience.
students in his research. Which is followed by Mounsey,Vandehey,and Diekhoff (2013), when they found that there is no major differentiation between working and non-working students, in grade point average(Mounsey,Vandehey,and Diekhoff 2013, pg. 12). Granted with 74.5% of students working while attending school (pg. 3). Which nearly half,48.9%, of these students found it hard to meet deadlines(Schwarts, McGuire, & Satterstrom ,2011, pg. 4). That seems to be around a consensus as the American Council on Education. (2006) found that 78% of students work (pg. 6). While stating, of that 83.5% where working part time, 25 hours or less(pg. 6). As I was preparing to leave the army one of my major concerns was if working would automatically put me at a disadvantage in school. All the reading on this topic shows that even in the early 2000's, well over half of all students have some type of job. Furthering this, since the early 2000's is Orszag, J, Orstag, & Whitmore(2001) stating that, 16 to 24 year old's have shown a rise in working by 8% going from 49% to 57% (para. 1). Students then on average worked 25 hours a week, with students at a 4 year college working less hours on average(para. 2). In the research, it was found that students who worked 10 or fewer hours a week, tended to have higher GPA's than their peers (para. 5). Which that is be the idea behind the golden 10-15 hours; that is enough to make students prioritize their lives while giving them a vast majority of their time still free. However, Fletcher (2011) found that 20% of students where working full time, 30+ hours a week, and that they were 10% less likely to receive their degrees (para. 2). Even more, she concludes in the same way as previous sources; that worki...
My brother just turned eighteen and has decided to quit school to find a job. He has yet
When students are in college they try to get experience in their future careers by getting jobs that are related to their field. When students are not trained properly or are not exposed to a real life job setting, it could really affect how they work outside of college when they are working for real companies. In return, this narrows the employer’s choices on good employee candidates, without good employees you don’t provide a good service. There is a wide discrepancy in how students do their jobs. Some students are productive but many others seem to languish in mediocrity.
My particular organization is a school, therefore, the education of students is our business, the area that I work in is the cafeteria section, specifically, I am the secretary and my main job is processing the applications for free and reduced lunches. This is my eight school year and I strive every single year to process the applications as punctual as I possibly can so that parents do not incur unnecessary charges and students are not denied meals or charge surreptitiously. Moreover, I take classes each year, so that I am up to date on the rules and regulations and started back to school because this job likes everyone to have a college degree. As a result I am both stronger and learning more myself every single day, after I graduate I plan to continue MOOCs and such to continue my education especially in the are of nutrition.
What is the point in earning money, only to not have time to spend it? Working and academics is a lot of stress on a student. High school is a time for students to focus academics. While some people argue that working in high school helps students learn life lessons, students should not work throughout high school because it increases stress, cuts childhood short, and is a distraction from high school academics.
Gap year is the term used to refer to the year after a student has graduated from high school and before the student enrolls in a college. Sometimes, students also take the gap year in between academic years. For many students leaving high school, a gap year provides a most welcome break but it can also be a cause of frustration for others depending on how the time is planned and managed. It can be a way of taking some well-deserved rest while gathering momentum for the next level of academic life, or it can be a time to catch up on various matters around the home. Many high school leavers have also utilized this short break from regular school to explore activities away from home of which were out of reach before. However, great care should be taken when planning for the gap year in order to avoid frustrations. Many students, because of lofty gap-year plans, have found themselves getting involved in activities for which they never planned. To avoid frustrations and disappointment, it is necessary that a student assess and reassess the reasons behind the need for change. It is also healthy to ensure that the time at hand is spent in ways that satisfy one’s aims towards the break. This paper discusses the gap year taken by students between high school and college.
Working teaches students about responsibility and also reinforces what they are leaning in school. Having a job while in high school is a catalyst for future responsible actions and thinking. Teens are accountable for work attendent, job perfromance, and customer satisfaction. The attendence is very essential in a work place. Teens will demonstrate the skills they acquire from work whenever they go to work, and it will be evaluated on their evaluation worksheet by their employers. For example, if teens have missed class, they would be mark for absence and it will later affect their grade. Being resposible in early ages is not very easy, some of them need to take time to work on what they are lacking of. Working will make teens feel more confident in life especially in their job performance. Having responsiblity while performing the task is important because teens know what they should and should not do that will help them avoid making mistake at work or it will lead them to satisfy the customers. In fact, students can use what they have been taught in class and apply it to their job skills because studying and practicing always come along way. The more the teens practices, the more they learn from work experiences. No matter how old they are, as far as student...
Today, many teens have been taking up jobs in fast food restaurants. Getting a job is monumental in a teen’s life, as it represents a way for teens to earn money and gain independence. While these jobs may have negative effects on education, the beneficial effects have a much bigger impact on students lives, as they allow them to gain valuable skills, such as responsibility and teamwork, which are important traits in order for one to succeed in the future.