The Path of the Diploma Life: From Books to Work

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In today’s work force there are more teenagers taking up arms in fast food chains than ever earlier. But many people think this is wrong for a teen to go to work straight out of high school or even during. This routine alone will instill things with the kids, which they will take throughout their entire lives. This is a huge step for teens that wish to recognize what the life of an adult is like, these changes comes along with the upright and the bad in daily working life. With this change of going to school/college to work, their lives will change drastically.
Beginning, with the positive side of teenagers working while in school, it is true that they will start to learn the basic for the stable adulthood they will inevitably have one day. These are the things that many wish to bear in life; some right off the bat work to eat/survive, others work to pay for a car or just to purchase something they care to obtain. Many reasons show that teenagers already have the drive to work, and as some keep that drive and perform as so, they start to understand things in a light as their parents or other family members’ experience. They begin to acknowledge the value of a dollar, every dollar goes to weigh on them (even if they sporadically spend it like madmen); they also start to recognize and actually think about how they spend their money, they create more judicious choices.
Along with those choices to even earn the money they have to live with the results that occur along with the job too. The reason many people are against the working younger high school class, who work long hours in jobs during the school year tend to have poorer academic performance and are more likely to be involved in a variety of problem behaviors, including delinqu...

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...ng through the doors, they can balance many things and hold down a job and school all at the same time. If a student is both well-rounded and mature enough to handle a part-time job, he or she can benefit greatly. (Carly Seifert)

Works Cited

Bachman, Jerald G. "Teenagers’ Work Can Have Downsides." 1 April 2013. New York Times. Article. 12 April 2014.
Carly Seifert. "http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/difference-between-teens-work-during-high-school-teens-dont-29503.html." What Is the Difference Between Teens Who Work During High School & Teens Who Don't? 2013: 1-3. Article.
Furlan, Julia. http://www.metro.us/newyork/lifestyle/education/2013/05/06/study-shows-teens-should-get-jobs-while-in-high-school/. 6 May 2013. Article. 15 April 2014.
Jeylan T. Mortimer, Ph.D., Professor. The Benefits and Risks of Adolescent Employment. Minnesota, 1 January 2010. Manuscript.

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