Monday, June 25, 2007
The question should teenagers work during their school holidays has now become more and more common as more teenagers get themselves a job during their school holiday.I think that teenagers should work during their school holidays because they can learn many new things that the school will not teach and cannot be found in their textbooks.They may gain unforgettable experiences and also learn that earning money is not easy and they will be more careful with their spending in the future.Although there are also some disadvantages such as they will be influenced by their bad friends that will destroy their future. They will lose their freedom when they work during their school holidays and not being able to revise their schoolwork. But I think that as long as they have the strong determination and is able to juggle well with their studies and work, it is all right to work during the school holidaysSince working during the school holidays has so many advantages therefore I agree that teenagers should work during their school holidays.
Jess Tay
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Nowadays having a holiday job had already became a trend of teenagers. Teenager's monthly expenditure had rised rapidly but their parents' little salaries were unable to support their heavy expenditure. Thus, teenagers chose to take jobs on holiday.
Personally, I have no objection to this. I don't see why teenagers could not take jobs on holidays. They are big enough to make their own decision and it is a good thing for them to learn to lighten their parents' burden. Besides, they are having a holiday job which means that the affection to their study will be minimised.
By exposing to the real world is also a good opportunity for them to build responsibility and make them realised the true value of things they own. By doing that, they will finally learn to treasure what they have and care for their parents. The experience will also help
in the future when they are finding a stable job. They would probably have a higher chance of employment than the one who don't have any job experience. This might also help to correct the materialistic life of teenagers as they finally realised how hard is to earn the money.
Thus, I think that teenagers having a holiday job is alright.
Yuyan
Should teenagers work during the holidays?
In my opinion, I agree that teenagers should work during the holidays.
I think it benefits them in many ways and helps them to kill time, as most
of them feel that it is boring to stay at home all day with nothing to do.
Firstly, it helps teenagers to understand how it feels like to be working with others
under different environments. They will also experience how to cope with the different
types of difficulties they have never faced before, handling problematic customers and adapting to their working environment, etc. They will also learn how to co-operate and work with new colleagues and their bosses. Most importantly, they will learn that they cannot refuse to do tasks assigned by their superiors,bargain with them and get a taste of how it feels like to work in the society. It also fits the purpose of some schools organising 'Work Experience Programmes'.
Secondly, they can earn money and realise how hard it is to earn only a few hundred or a thousand bucks a month, depending on what kind of work they took up. Some may even learn how to save money, as they do not want to spend their hard-earned money on unneccessary things. Although some may even splurge all their money to shop, but at least it will be a relieve to some of their parents, as the money is not coming from their own pockets, but from their children's pays, where there is nothing wrong for the teenagers to use the money they earned to buy things to pamper themselves. They can also help to lighten the financial loads of their parents.
Lastly, teenagers can learn to be independent as when they work in the society, there is no one there to spoonfeed them. Their parents and friends will not be able to help them in times of trouble, they will have to depend on themselves.
However, there are disadvantages to this issue. For example, not being able to spend more time with their family and friends and getting to know people that are of bad influences. Although those examples may affect our lifes, they could be solved. The teenagers can work part-time instead of full-time, so that they could spend sufficient time with their family and friends. They should have no problems judging people to and not to mix with, if they have discipline and the ability of having good judgement instilled in them. Hence, it depends on the teenagers as an individual.
Overall, there are more advantages as compared to disadvantages and I strongly believe that teenagers should work during the holidays, since it is beneficial to them.
Low Shi Hui (16)
Should students work during school holidays?It depends on one's own judgement.As for me,i would think it is a good choice.There had been an increase in students working during there school holidays,working for extra cash in the pocket,that's probably the main reason for it.
First of all,parents usually give pocket money that is just enough to support the child in school,examples like lunch.As the child grow older and mix around with friends,they learnt to go shopping with their friends,having simply lunch or dinners.This increase a lot of their daily expenses,which eventually lead them to start working and get more money in there pocket.
Secondly,more and more students,even as young as ten years old,are starting to buy branded goods."Showing off" seems to be their aim.Parents may chip in money at the start to buy their children branded goods but of course,it will never be enough,the child will ask for more.This is when the parents stop contributing as they think its too much.The parents will then ask their child to save up.Saving take a long time,so students will want to earn quick money and that's to work.This point also show why nowadays,the child seem to have more branded goods than their parents.
Finally,ages of fourty-five years onwards,who are jobless are having a hard time to get a job.As a jobless parent,it would be a great help for their child to start working part-time to help support the family.This would help in finance while the parent continue to find a proper job.
All in all,no matter for what reasons,to help support the family,to buy branded goods and follow up fashion or simply getting extra cash for emergency,its good for students to work during their school holidays.
Ivan Chang(28)
I believe that it is good for teenagers to work during the school holidays if they are very free.
Firstly, it lets them experience what working is all about. This would be very important as they would know what to expect from their future bosses , learn how to take orders and stop thinking that they are the boss.It also gives them the chance to gain exposure , and to let them have more choices to choose from when they finished studying and decides to work. They would then be prepared mentally. Knowing what to expect , what to do and what not to do.
Secondly, rather than wasting their time away at home playing computer games, they can earn their own pay and learn to be independent.To stop relying on their parents for what they want , for their meals . Wouldn't that be a better decision ? But, the job should be a decent one and not something that doesn't suit a teenager. This would also minimise the teenagers chance of mixing with the wrong company , and their addiction to computer games.
Finally,they would also learn how to appreciate money more, learn not to anyhow waste money on things. They would also know what their parents are going through when they work, and that money doesn't come easy at all. Since teenagers have so many things that they need , they should know how to earn the money to buy those things.
Therefore, I believe that there are a lot of advantages to teenagers working and it should not be a problem for the teenagers at all. Thus, i fully agree that teenagers should work during the holidays
Yi Cheng~ (38)
Teenagers Working During The Holidays.
Nowadays, more teenagers are engaged in their job rather then staying at home restlessly. Personally, i think it is not a bad idea for them to start working in the society at this age. Compared to those who would rather stay at home wasting their time watching television or playing computer games, working is more meaningful. There are several reasons to which why teenagers want to find a job during the holidays and of course, there are some benefits and disadvantages to this.
Most probably, teenagers think that the amount of pocket money they received from their parents are not enough to last them through the one month vacation. It would only supply them with food and transport. How will that satisfy them? Thus, they could buy what they want with the money they earned. There are also some families which do not have sufficient money to meet the ends. Therefore, teenagers from such families have to work during the holidays to help with the family's income.
Teenagers will definitely benefit somehow when they step into the society to work. Firstly, they will gain experience that cannot be found in the textbook. They will be able to find a job easier in the future. Teenagers will also be able to learn some new skills through the job. This will help them in the future. Working will also increase in their confident. They will be more mature in the way they see things because the world out there is bigger then staying in a small classroom. In the classroom, we are only restricted to the things in the textbooks. But in the working society, they get to know more experienced workers and learn from them. Most importantly, teenagers will learn how to manage and use their time wisely.
Although we know the advantages, there is still a certain degree of danger behind teenagers working. Firstly, teenagers might spend their money on too many unneccessities and waste the money. Secondly, when they work in the society, they might get to know friends which will lead them to bad influences. Such as taking drugs which will harm their body and get addicted. Thirdly, Spending too much time on working might affect their studies.
Still, i agree will teenagers working during the holidays. As long as they know the where is the limitations. They should also know how to protect themselves from people harming them. They must also take note in their studies if they are weak at that. Most importantly, they should seek the consent of their parents and learn from the good points of working.
Ong Zhi Min(18)
I think it is good for more mature students to work during holiday so that they have some workplace exposure and learn to recognize that it is not that easy to earn money, so hopefully they better appreciate the pocket money that their family gives them.
While, I think it really depends on our commitments and schedules, if let us say we are from a sports team in secondary school or JC, I dun think we will have time to work even if u want to. We need to place so much time in our CCA that working has never crossed our mind. It is better to expose yourself to various activities when we are a student unless your family is really in need.
Actually, it depends on who the student is, to some of us, it might be a good chance for us to earn experience, while for the others, and it might just affect their studies.
Jason Chen(32)
Monday, June 25, 2007
The question should teenagers work during their school holidays has now become more and more common as more teenagers get themselves a job during their school holiday.I think that teenagers should work during their school holidays because they can learn many new things that the school will not teach and cannot be found in their textbooks.They may gain unforgettable experiences and also learn that earning money is not easy and they will be more careful with their spending in the future.Although there are also some disadvantages such as they will be influenced by their bad friends that will destroy their future. They will lose their freedom when they work during their school holidays and not being able to revise their schoolwork. But I think that as long as they have the strong determination and is able to juggle well with their studies and work, it is all right to work during the school holidaysSince working during the school holidays has so many advantages therefore I agree that teenagers should work during their school holidays.
Jess Tay
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Nowadays having a holiday job had already became a trend of teenagers. Teenager's monthly expenditure had rised rapidly but their parents' little salaries were unable to support their heavy expenditure. Thus, teenagers chose to take jobs on holiday.
Personally, I have no objection to this. I don't see why teenagers could not take jobs on holidays. They are big enough to make their own decision and it is a good thing for them to learn to lighten their parents' burden. Besides, they are having a holiday job which means that the affection to their study will be minimised.
By exposing to the real world is also a good opportunity for them to build responsibility and make them realised the true value of things they own. By doing that, they will finally learn to treasure what they have and care for their parents. The experience will also help
in the future when they are finding a stable job. They would probably have a higher chance of employment than the one who don't have any job experience. This might also help to correct the materialistic life of teenagers as they finally realised how hard is to earn the money.
Thus, I think that teenagers having a holiday job is alright.
Yuyan
Should teenagers work during the holidays?
In my opinion, I agree that teenagers should work during the holidays.
I think it benefits them in many ways and helps them to kill time, as most
of them feel that it is boring to stay at home all day with nothing to do.
Firstly, it helps teenagers to understand how it feels like to be working with others
under different environments. They will also experience how to cope with the different
types of difficulties they have never faced before, handling problematic customers and adapting to their working environment, etc. They will also learn how to co-operate and work with new colleagues and their bosses. Most importantly, they will learn that they cannot refuse to do tasks assigned by their superiors,bargain with them and get a taste of how it feels like to work in the society. It also fits the purpose of some schools organising 'Work Experience Programmes'.
Secondly, they can earn money and realise how hard it is to earn only a few hundred or a thousand bucks a month, depending on what kind of work they took up. Some may even learn how to save money, as they do not want to spend their hard-earned money on unneccessary things. Although some may even splurge all their money to shop, but at least it will be a relieve to some of their parents, as the money is not coming from their own pockets, but from their children's pays, where there is nothing wrong for the teenagers to use the money they earned to buy things to pamper themselves. They can also help to lighten the financial loads of their parents.
Lastly, teenagers can learn to be independent as when they work in the society, there is no one there to spoonfeed them. Their parents and friends will not be able to help them in times of trouble, they will have to depend on themselves.
However, there are disadvantages to this issue. For example, not being able to spend more time with their family and friends and getting to know people that are of bad influences. Although those examples may affect our lifes, they could be solved. The teenagers can work part-time instead of full-time, so that they could spend sufficient time with their family and friends. They should have no problems judging people to and not to mix with, if they have discipline and the ability of having good judgement instilled in them. Hence, it depends on the teenagers as an individual.
Overall, there are more advantages as compared to disadvantages and I strongly believe that teenagers should work during the holidays, since it is beneficial to them.
Low Shi Hui (16)
Should students work during school holidays?It depends on one's own judgement.As for me,i would think it is a good choice.There had been an increase in students working during there school holidays,working for extra cash in the pocket,that's probably the main reason for it.
First of all,parents usually give pocket money that is just enough to support the child in school,examples like lunch.As the child grow older and mix around with friends,they learnt to go shopping with their friends,having simply lunch or dinners.This increase a lot of their daily expenses,which eventually lead them to start working and get more money in there pocket.
Secondly,more and more students,even as young as ten years old,are starting to buy branded goods."Showing off" seems to be their aim.Parents may chip in money at the start to buy their children branded goods but of course,it will never be enough,the child will ask for more.This is when the parents stop contributing as they think its too much.The parents will then ask their child to save up.Saving take a long time,so students will want to earn quick money and that's to work.This point also show why nowadays,the child seem to have more branded goods than their parents.
Finally,ages of fourty-five years onwards,who are jobless are having a hard time to get a job.As a jobless parent,it would be a great help for their child to start working part-time to help support the family.This would help in finance while the parent continue to find a proper job.
All in all,no matter for what reasons,to help support the family,to buy branded goods and follow up fashion or simply getting extra cash for emergency,its good for students to work during their school holidays.
Ivan Chang(28)
I believe that it is good for teenagers to work during the school holidays if they are very free.
Firstly, it lets them experience what working is all about. This would be very important as they would know what to expect from their future bosses , learn how to take orders and stop thinking that they are the boss.It also gives them the chance to gain exposure , and to let them have more choices to choose from when they finished studying and decides to work. They would then be prepared mentally. Knowing what to expect , what to do and what not to do.
Secondly, rather than wasting their time away at home playing computer games, they can earn their own pay and learn to be independent.To stop relying on their parents for what they want , for their meals . Wouldn't that be a better decision ? But, the job should be a decent one and not something that doesn't suit a teenager. This would also minimise the teenagers chance of mixing with the wrong company , and their addiction to computer games.
Finally,they would also learn how to appreciate money more, learn not to anyhow waste money on things. They would also know what their parents are going through when they work, and that money doesn't come easy at all. Since teenagers have so many things that they need , they should know how to earn the money to buy those things.
Therefore, I believe that there are a lot of advantages to teenagers working and it should not be a problem for the teenagers at all. Thus, i fully agree that teenagers should work during the holidays
Yi Cheng~ (38)
Teenagers Working During The Holidays.
Nowadays, more teenagers are engaged in their job rather then staying at home restlessly. Personally, i think it is not a bad idea for them to start working in the society at this age. Compared to those who would rather stay at home wasting their time watching television or playing computer games, working is more meaningful. There are several reasons to which why teenagers want to find a job during the holidays and of course, there are some benefits and disadvantages to this.
Most probably, teenagers think that the amount of pocket money they received from their parents are not enough to last them through the one month vacation. It would only supply them with food and transport. How will that satisfy them? Thus, they could buy what they want with the money they earned. There are also some families which do not have sufficient money to meet the ends. Therefore, teenagers from such families have to work during the holidays to help with the family's income.
Teenagers will definitely benefit somehow when they step into the society to work. Firstly, they will gain experience that cannot be found in the textbook. They will be able to find a job easier in the future. Teenagers will also be able to learn some new skills through the job. This will help them in the future. Working will also increase in their confident. They will be more mature in the way they see things because the world out there is bigger then staying in a small classroom. In the classroom, we are only restricted to the things in the textbooks. But in the working society, they get to know more experienced workers and learn from them. Most importantly, teenagers will learn how to manage and use their time wisely.
Although we know the advantages, there is still a certain degree of danger behind teenagers working. Firstly, teenagers might spend their money on too many unneccessities and waste the money. Secondly, when they work in the society, they might get to know friends which will lead them to bad influences. Such as taking drugs which will harm their body and get addicted. Thirdly, Spending too much time on working might affect their studies.
Still, i agree will teenagers working during the holidays. As long as they know the where is the limitations. They should also know how to protect themselves from people harming them. They must also take note in their studies if they are weak at that. Most importantly, they should seek the consent of their parents and learn from the good points of working.
Ong Zhi Min(18)
I think it is good for more mature students to work during holiday so that they have some workplace exposure and learn to recognize that it is not that easy to earn money, so hopefully they better appreciate the pocket money that their family gives them.
While, I think it really depends on our commitments and schedules, if let us say we are from a sports team in secondary school or JC, I dun think we will have time to work even if u want to. We need to place so much time in our CCA that working has never crossed our mind. It is better to expose yourself to various activities when we are a student unless your family is really in need.
Actually, it depends on who the student is, to some of us, it might be a good chance for us to earn experience, while for the others, and it might just affect their studies.
Jason Chen(32)
