Hussain Maashi
When I moved to the United States one of the first things I noticed is teenage workers in fast food restaurants and coffee shops. Almost everyone works there is a teenage. Which is really different compared with my country. Teenagers in high school almost never work during their school time and rely only on their parents. In high school I never worked. In fact, I never got a job until I finished college 2 years ago! The usual age of work is after high school if someone decides to not go to college. In college study is free for everyone and you get paid every month. It’s not a lot but it helps students to not worry about anything other than studying.
I think teenagers should focus on their schools without any distraction. In my opinion school and work are hard to be together. Although I have never worked in a fast food restaurant, but I know someone did and I asked him once about his job and he wasn’t happy about it! Long working hours, salary is really below average and they always want you to leave after few months. I think that’s why it’s not a common kind of work in my country, because most of the people who tries it already finished high school and looking for a nice job. What surprises me when I read the article is the number of teenage Americans who are working and the different impacts of the different kinds of jobs on them! I think teenage students in high school are too young to work and if they must work it should be a traditional part-time job like the few examples mentioned in part two. In that case it will a training more than a job.
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Erin
2/26/2018 01:27:30 pm
I agree with you that studying is a full time job (if it is done well). On the other hand, there is an expectation in American culture that young people fill a resume with examples of extracurricular activities and job experience just to get into good colleges these days! The resume building begins early. A lot can be learned from a part time job, like time management, responsibility and the value of a dollar. On the other hand, I fully believe that education should be promoted as the most important asset for all young workers -- and often in fast food this is not the case.
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