How many people in the world like money? The answer is, a great majority of the world's population. People use currency for all sorts of activities or objects. Teenagers especially like to have some amount of cash, although they usually do not like asking their parents for spare change. An easy solution to going out and having fun with friends, and saving oneself from the awkward conversation that comes with asking parents for money is a job. However, earning a check is not the only perk that comes with a job, there are also factors that benefit one’s future as well. A job for a high school student entitles a variety of beneficial qualities in terms of their personal growth in high school, and as an advocate for success on the path towards …show more content…
That being said, the jobs that children worked back in the 19th century had risks that included malnutrition, injury, and even loss of life. More often than not, children had a lack of education due to working. A child much younger than the average 16 year old would work a 50-70 hour week, making much less than minimum wage. As the years progressed more people began to become enraged and demanded some kind of labor law regarding children. It took a long time, but in 1899 the U.S. started to make child labor laws. The mid-twentieth century called for further debate on the laws and in 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It called for the minimum part-time working age being 16, and 18 for a more full time position. These laws can still be seen throughout the country …show more content…
According to author Mike Fritz, “employment helps students stay on the path toward graduation.” Most students find themselves picking up managing time well if they have a time sensitive job. Meaning, certain tasks need to be completed at a certain time, or in a certain amount of time. Time management also seems to be the center point of doing well in school. Without it, homework tends to not be completed, which turns into bad test grades and then unfortunately bad semester grades, which is not something a student wants if they want to graduate. Furthermore, students often times are not as motivated when they only have school to focus on. Students think they have all the time in the world when in reality they have two weeks to write a paper. Author Meghan Greaves states, “Having a job forces you to manage your time and organize your tasks in a productive and effective manner.” When a student has a job, they have to think about what they need to complete and when they need to complete it. If a student has a critical paper due in a week and he also has 20 hours that week he will find a way to get it done rather than thinking that he could just do it later because he has seven whole days to complete it because he has nothing to worry about. Graduation is one of those “big life moments” that nobody wants to miss out on. It would be a shame if someone’s
Many businesses and factories hired children because they were easier to exploit; they could be paid less for more work in dangerous conditions. Plus, their small size made many children idea for working with small parts or fitting into small spaces. Children as young as four could be found working in factories, though most were between eight and twelve. Despite the economic gains made by the business that employed them, many children suffered in the workplace. The industrial setting caused many health problems for the children that, if they lived long enough, they would carry with them for the rest of their lives. Children were also more likely to face accidents in the workplace, often caused by fatigue, and many were seriously injured or killed. Despite efforts by reformers to regulate child labor, it wasn’t until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that children under 14 were prohibited from
Factories were utilizing children to do the hard work. They employed children as young as five or six to work as many as twenty hours a day. According to Document C, children worked in factories to build up muscles and having good intellect in working rather than getting an education. They became a different person rather than conventional children. There were additionally health issues due to child labor: rapid skeletal growth, greater risk of hearing loss, higher chemical absorption rates, and developing ability to assess risks. Progressive Era reformers believed that child labor was detrimental to children and to society. They believed that children should be protected from harmful environments, so they would become healthy and productive adults. In 1912, Congress created the Children’s Bureau to benefit children. The Keating-Owen Act was passed in 1916 to freed children from child labor only in industries that engaged in interstate commerce. However, it was declared unconstitutional sinc...
According to the article “A History of Child Labor” reviewed by Milton Fried, a child could work as long as six days a week for up to 18 hours a day, and only make a dollar a week. Child labor was nothing but cheap labor. The big companies loved cheap labor because then they could make an item for not very much money, and make a huge profit margin. Fried continues to state how cheap the labor was, “One glass factory in Massachusetts was fenced with barbed wire ‘to keep the young imps inside.’ These were boys under 12 who carried loads of hot glass all night for a wage of 40 cents to $1.10 per night.” Unlike, children today who are in bed sleeping by 8 pm each night, these children had to stay up all night working to make just enough income for their families. Sadly, the children had no choice but to work for very little pay. Their mothers and fathers made so little money in the factory system that they couldn’t afford to let their children enjoy their childhood: “Other working children were indentured—their parents sold their labor to the mill owner for a period of years. Others lived with their families and worked for wages as adults did, for long hours and under hard conditions” (Cleland). The child had no other choice, but to work for these big
Young children were exploited and quick pace but an unnecessary burden on the children. In the early 1800’s, it was common to put children on dangerous machinery because of their small quick fingers, such as tying broken threads on the machine, while the machine was running. Child workers were separated from parents and placed under the supervision of strangers. Parents extremely disliked the unorthodox method of having their child work under someone outside the family. The improvement in machinery, humanitarian concerns, and parents convinced Britain to pass child labor laws in 1833. Not having children in the workforce created a new belief that childhood was for education, not for work. Labor discipline was one of the major reasons why child labor laws came into
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “”Young Goodman Brown” is an allegorical piece that cautions against the potential of human evil. Hawthorne believed the most evil thing a person could do was deliberately harden his heart, to disregard others’ emotions entirely and therefore their humanity. In the story, young goodman Brown commits this unpardonable sin. He through on many separate occasions decided to continue a wicked journey, when it did not end exactly the way he wanted, he ended his relationship with Faith. Hawthorne uses symbols to demonstrate and hopefully prevent people from turning into young goodman Brown. Hawthorne chronicles Brown’s departure, his journey through the woods, and his arrival at the ceremony.
Throughout history, children have always worked, either as apprentices or servants. However, child labor reached a whole new scale during the time period of the Industrial Revolution. Throughout the time frame of late 1800s-early 1900s, children worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little wages. They were considered useful as laborers because their small stature allowed them to be cramped into smaller spaces, and they could be paid less for their services. Many worked to help support their families, and by doing so, they forwent their education. Numerous nineteenth century reformers and labor groups sought to restrict child labor and to improve working conditions.
Students’ wouldn’t be able to hold down a job is the second reason they shouldn’t dropout of high school. Many employers would like to have someone who has been too high school and that have been educated so they can handle money and add things p...
Child labor has been around for hundreds of years. “Children of poor and working-class families had worked for centuries before industrialization” (Tuttle 1). Before children were needed in factories they worked on family farms tending the fields or animals, as time went on families moved from farms to the cities where children were still required to work. Children worked for numerous reasons some were that their parents couldn’t work so the responsibilities were passed to the children; others included the simple need for more money to feed the entire family. Large businesses welcomed the increasing number of child workers, for the business it meant cheap labor and cheap laborers that could be replaced easily. The exact number of child workers is unknown and has been estimated as stated in multiple articles such as this, “By 1900 over two million children, mostly immigrant children under the age of sixteen, were employed” (Wagner 1). Parents wanted their children to work as soon as possible so they could get as much income as possible, parents often did illegal things to get their children to work, “Boy’s parents often presented a fake birth certificate with an altered date o...
... this time is self-explanatory, the cost of labor had gone up along with the prices of everything else and child labor was significantly cheap (3-4). Children were sent into fields for twelve to thirteen hours a day picking fruits, cotton and tobacco. Some children delivered the newspaper on bike which is still a common job, only children back then did it hours on end tirelessly. Although the industrial revolution was almost 200 years ago (1820-1870) the influence it had on America is significant; imagine if children would have stayed in school during that time rather than going out and working extensive hours in field or factories. Do you think if children were never exposed to harsh working environments then, that today, child labor would be a problem? Many think our ancestors are to blame and others say children have been working since the days of the Egyptians.
It is very common that many high school students hold part time jobs while going to school. When these teens work, they are able to learn and experience life lessons from ethical and moral work. Knowing that school is aways and should be a priority, students should work while in high school because working helps students be more responsible with their lives, help them practice time managment, and also helps students see and experience the real world.
HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AND PART-TIME JOB Part time job is something not so strange for American students, as students have been taking up extra jobs to fund their private needs for a long time. However, this does not mean there is no debate about the advantages and disadvantages of part-time job. Some says that having a part time job will reduce students’ score at school and may lead to stress in life. In “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go For it?,” Dennis Mclellan argues that part-time job can actually help students a lot if it is done moderately.
When a student is in high school and takes on a job at the same time students have the issue of having their job and having too much school work. Studies show that kids who have a job during high school spend a lot less time on their homework because they are paying too much attention on doing their job well. Also, it’s shown that many students grades will go down because they are not spending the needed amount of time on their homework so, “grades will go down from an A- to a C- in no time at all” (Kobliner). The effect of having so much school work can be that their teachers will be pestering students about their grades and why they keep going down.
Secondly students that work will be better off in the real world. According to Beth Kobliner “kids should be more engaged in real world” ( Kobliner 2). Having a job can even help teens in the long run for collage. It will be easier to find a job after high school if teens already had a job as a high schooler.
Child labor in early industrial work has become cruel and violent. Almost children were working in factory, which were harsh punishment and unhealthy, dangerous working conditions and inflexible work time. The work such as farming, cottage industries and house working has no longer received. However after James Watt has invented steam engine, things got worsted. The factory owner became to hire children from poor families to work in these factories.
Even though a lot of people would rather choose to follow an easier path , most people are taught to work hard and some even believe that working hard will lead them to success. If you are looking forward to being successful in life, there is nothing better than being allowed to hold a job while being as young as 14. This will allow them to become responsible and prepare them for life. Working teens may become easily stressed . Research shows that some teens may get lower grades in school and even get more into trouble as a result of after-school jobs, but for many, there’s actually a lot of benefits from holding a job.