▶ Your Answer : These days, more and more teenagers are starting to have jobs due to economic problems. Most are high school students, working to get their university fees. In Korea, students could work starting from 15, with the approval of the parents. In fact, the world is mostly open to these students, who would like to earn money. Teenagers having jobs while they are still students is good for the reason that students would be able to learn responsiblity, and also teach the students the value of money.
To start, working could teach students responsibility. When a student works, they must be responsible in their jobs to get money. This would improve their responsibility. For example, in the case of going to school and one has to skip school for some days, this could be solved by only one phone call. On the other hand, if a schedule such as going on a trip corresponds with the workdays of a student, the student would not be able to solve that problem with a phone call, and if one misses these days, one would not be able to get money from that day. So when a student works, the student must be responsible in his job even if a schedule corresponds with worktimes. From this we could know that students could learn responsibility from working.
In addition, from working, students would be able to learn the value of money. In Korea students are able to get about 4 dollars by working an hour. On the other hand, most students get about 50 dollars in holidays. Students who don't work would think that day as just a typical holiday, but a student who works would think the 50 dollars as the money that one could get by working 12 hours, leading the student to think that money has great value and make him use the money wisely. For example, in Korean holidays, students could get money from one's relatives, and one student could even get more than 100 dollars if one has a lot of relatives. This would lead the student to think that this money is not so valuable, and that money is easy to earn, leading students to use their money unwisely. However, if the student mentioned in this case is a working student, the student would use the money wisely, effecting his future habits. This shows that students could learn the value of money by working.
In conclusion, working when a teenager is a student helps the student by teaching responsibility and the value of money. A student would have to have a working experience, to experience real life and learn important lessons, and it would surely help one in one's future. |