Many teenagers seek jobs while they are still students. This is a controversial issue as some argue that this is a negative thing because it deviates students from fully focusing on their studies.
However, I believe that teenagers have the absolute right to take on jobs regardless to the size of the jobs or the sector of employment this job is involved in. Firstly, the society should without doubt support the fact that the faster the youngsters learn to cope with balancing their output and income, the better. Teenagers will not stay in their so-called “nests” under their parents providing them with everything they need with money. It works exactly as how little birds learn to fly out of their parents’ nest after being looked after for a while. Here again, it is better for these cute little birds if they perceive that they should be independent as soon as possible. Likewise, teenagers would benefit enormously if they learn to earn money by themselves and live to be independent quickly as they can because really, they will be forced to do so anyway some time later on.
In addition, there is another important reason to why I am in favour of teenagers having jobs even when they are still students-socialising! Would you be in the position of denying if I had told you that half of the couples you know met each other in schools or in their business companies? Of course, this statistic is merely a deduction but I know for sure that people have a better chance of improving their standard of life by meeting more people. For example, let us say that Lucy was a peasant farmer. One day, she met Dr. Drew who employed her as his fellow food scientist, which enabled her to step onto a wholly new lifestyle and a better quality of living. Had she not met Dr.Drew, would she have done the same? I do not think so. Therefore, socializing helps and teenagers have more opportunities of meeting different sorts of people if they are engaged in various communities through their jobs.
Overall, in my opinion, teenagers should be encouraged to participate in jobs despite the fact that they are still students. While they do so, they will learn so much more in terms of learning to be independent, balancing their earning and spending (which would be obligatory anyway if they grow up) and encountering a wider range of people in their life. Moreover, I also disagree with the assumption that students lose focus in their studies if they embrace jobs, mainly because although jobs do consume teenagers’ time (which could have been spent studying) students may learn skills in their jobs (e.g. dealing with problems logically), that could aid them their studies. |