Monday, December 10, 2012

The First Draft



There is a saying,” All study and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ” However, I want to say that all study and play but no part-time job makes Jack becomes an incomplete college student. According to Working Their Way Through College, “Student employment and its impact on the college experience” In American colleges, 78 percent of students has part-time job experiences (ACE Center, 2006). Considering about the benefits of practicing managing time, building a healthy opinion of money, learning some communication skills, I think all college students should have part-time jobs.

The first reason why students should have a part-time job is that it helps them know how to balance and manage their time. Many college students have several part-time jobs. They think it is good to have a part-time job. For example, some students have two part-time jobs; one of my roommates has two part-time jobs. She told me that it was good for her to have a part-time job. Her management between part-time job and study can help her to know how to make and use weekly block schedule, daily plan, and semester calendar. These are beneficial to her college time and future. Many college students face the challenge that how to manage their daily use of tine effectively. As a college student, you likely are- or soon will be- juggling a variety of responsibilities and tasks, both study and part-time job. In this case, we can make the conclusion that a part-time job is helpful to us to know how to balance the use of time, because some students usually underutilize available time. The importance to have a part-time job is that it can help us to maximize the use of time.

       The second reason why students should have a part-time job is that it a part-time job is helpful to them to have healthy opinion of money. Many children learned the value of money by receiving allowance from their parents for the first time. It is difficult for every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework. Paying children to do extra work around the house can be useful. It can also help children to build the idea about money. For college students, earning pocket money can be helpful to their lives and they will know money is not earned easily. For some students, they want to earn money just because they want to earn money; they do not have a healthy opinion for money. According to an article in Korea Times, some students are working dangerous jobs for money. For example, one student’s name is Kim Hyeon-jun, took part in a bioequivalence test at a hospital for the money. During that time, he was taking medicines and had his blood taken frequently (Kim, 2011). This example reveals not everybody has healthy opinion for the money. However, a part-time job can help students to build a healthy opinion of money, and also can help students to learn skills in financial literacy. According to the same article in Korea Times, Nam Doo-in is a university student in Yongin. He wants to study abroad next year, and now, he is taking a part-time job to save the money for his studies (Kim, 2011). This example tells us, a part-time job also can help us to budget our finances. These are two examples to explain how a part-time job is helpful to us to have healthy opinion of money. In addition, some students who do a part-time job could help decline their parent’s economic pressure. According to an article in Education Research Papers, some students, who financial condition not so good, have a part-time job to afford their education tuition. For example, another cannot always turn to his parents because his family’s financial condition is not good. He thinks being a grown man; he must afford himself by doing part-time jobs. This is a good example for decline their parent’s economic pressure. To build a correct opinion of money, they should find a part-time job. After I come to the US, I find the most difference between Chinese students and American students is that many American students have their part-time jobs to earn money. They always think that they are already adults, and they should make livings by themselves. That is a really responsible concept, and it is developed when they were children. They know making money is difficult, and they will value their life. Part-time job is a good chance to develop the concept of valuing money, so it is beneficial to our lives and our future.

The third advantage to have a part-time job is that college students could learn good communication skills, and learn how to work with and help other people kindly and effectively. It is important for every college student to have a good relationship with others. During the part-time job, college students can develop the relationship with someone else by making friends. For example, some students who are very shy can be a little outgoing by make friends during the work. Furthermore, they can enter society earlier which means they can have some experience about job when they are in the college. According to an article in Education Research Papers (8, 18, 2010), people can find out our real field of interest and lead us to the success by part-time job. For example, the author’s major is architectural design. He has a chance to take a part-time job in a design company; it is very helpful for him to get a practical design experience. It will be quite different if the students have working experiences before they graduate from college. For example, when they are writing the job applications, they can write that they have been working the same thing as a part-time job for many years. The boss will appreciate their work experience. Therefore, to have a part-time job, college students will learn how to get along with others in the job. During our work time, we need teamwork to complete our assignment sometime, that is an opportunity to improve our ability of communication with others. After we meet many kinds of people in the society when we are students, it will be much easier to associate with others when we graduate.

However, just as a coin has its two sides, there are some disadvantages for a college student to have a part-time job. Most people who are against to having a part-time job think that study is the most important thing for college students, if they have part-time jobs, it will influence their studies, they may be tired after doing the work and make them distracted from studying; and a small part of them can’t balance and manage time well after they get the jobs. Some may have bigger problems about having part-time jobs. They usually will read whole chapter’s information on day before the exams or quizzes. During exams or quizzes, they usually forget a lot of knowledge and get bad grades of important subjects. Furthermore, some students may have really heavy study load so that they have vast amount of homework to do. It is just impossible to have a part-time job. I agree with that. For a small part of college students, it is not good to have a part-time job, because some students have to choose between leisure tome and study time, leisure time always wins, and they always end up cramming the night before a test. From the first reason, that is helps them to know how to balance and manage time, I think, for most of college students, there are more benefits than disadvantages to have a part-time job. So the key to make part-time job more beneficial is that balance the time between work and study. That is very important because we are students, and our major task is studying. That is also a huge challenge to us.

In conclusion, thinking of  that part-time jobs can make college students to learn how to manage time, how to build the correct opinion of money be, and how to get along with others well, it is necessary for all college students should have a part-time job. They will enjoy the experiences and the skills they learn in it. We are already adults, and we should know how to live in the society. Part-time job is really a good opportunity to feel the real world, we may have trouble in studying or job, and we may have to deal with all kinds of frustrations. We should become capable and strong, and part-time job provide the chance. We may not be really incomplete if we don’t have part-time jobs, but the jobs can make our lives more integrated.

 

References

ACE Center (2006, May), Working their way through college: “student employment and its impact on the college experience” (p.1)

Kim, T. (2011, June 1). Collegians struggle to juggle work, study. Korea Times. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/.

Kim, T. (2011, June 1). Collegians struggle to juggle work, study. Korea Times. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/.

Education Research Papers, Students Should Not Take Part-Time Jobs While They Are Studying In Universities. (8/18/2012) Retrieved from http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Students-Should-Not-Take-Part-Time-Jobs/382179

Education Research Papers, Students Should Not Take Part-Time Jobs While They Are Studying In Universities.(8/18/2010) Retrieved from http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Students-Should-Not-Take-Part-Time-Jobs/382179

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