It is often said that students should not at the part-time jobs while they study at the university. Although students should concentrate more on studying when they are students, students who take up a part-time jobs at an early age can reap numerous benefits from working. The rationale behind this is that students who work at a part-time jobs can learn the value of money. Moreoever, students can be more understanding of life while working part-time jobs when they are students.
To begin with, taking up part-time jobs at an early age can teach young people the value of money. This is because activities such as part-time jobs can expose students to the real world., where nothing is free. Also, without these experience, they will miss out on lessons that will teach them to be financially responsible. For example, my brother took up different part-time position whenever he could as a cashier, a salesperson, and a delivery boy. Therefore, he learned the difficulty and importance of earning money and started to save it from an early age. Naturally, he was smart about his income and put it into several investments, planned out a ten year budget, and soon accumulated wealth.
On top of that, students who work at a part-time jobs can improve understanding of life. One of the goal of education is to open student's minds. In particular, students who work at a part-time jobs can be exposed to a myriad of individuals from very different backgrounds. According to a studies recently released by Korean National Research Center, it is clear that students who regularly work part time are very tolerant of other opinions, and in fact used these differences to reflect more deeply on life. This shows that learning from experience and contact with other realities, not just reading about different lifestyle is the best kind of learning. Thus, part-time creates a more diverse, stimulating, and challenging that promotes true understanding and growth. |