Friday, June 22, 2007
Should teenagers work during the holidays? Well, as a teenagers in this 21st century, I do agree that we should. However, there are also some negative sides to this subject.
Firstly, the main reason for getting a job is none other than MONEY. With money, we can satisfy all our needs – the I-can-resist-anything-but-shopping-Great-Singapore-Sales, not-to-be-missed movies example Shrek3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, trips to Escape and all. After all, isn’t that what holidays are for? (Well, with holiday homework of course -_-)
Besides, students can get to gain more experiences in this competitive working society out there, which are useful when the time comes. Being used to have their parents giving in to their whining, by working outside will let them have a taste of the reality of life and thus, grooming them into a more mature and responsible person. Ironically, those who were especially pampered at home tend to have more desire to catch a glimpse of the outside world. Hence, working will not only give them a chance to accomplish this “dream”, but also, give them a sense of accomplishment because, well, they washed a bowl! Lastly, this group of working teenagers can also enlarge their circle of friends too (but also a higher possibility of going onto BGR)
And now, it’s the negative side. With all the reasons given below and maybe above by our friends, the few main points are neglecting their studies especially if he/she is bad at managing their own time and also, they would use this invalid “I am working today” reason to skip themselves from their Co-curriculum activities and also extra lessons. Now think, if they are using such excuses to defend for their absence, then where has all their responsibility and integrity gone too? Isn’t that one of the few important factors required for every job? If they cannot display such simple values in their every day life, then what’s the points of “training” them during work?
After all, holiday is not totally about earning hard for money, it is also for us to enjoy ourselves, rest well and catching up our schoolwork too! To end off the whole essay/post, I would recommend students to take up job attachment programs organized by the school as it is more educational and our parents are assured of our safely and whereabouts too. If you are really going to work outside, make sure you have some friends accompanying you and find out carefully about the details for the job, because you might not want to do jobs you don’t want to…(;
Vong U Chan (23)
2e6
Friday, June 22, 2007
Should teenagers work during the holidays? Well, as a teenagers in this 21st century, I do agree that we should. However, there are also some negative sides to this subject.
Firstly, the main reason for getting a job is none other than MONEY. With money, we can satisfy all our needs – the I-can-resist-anything-but-shopping-Great-Singapore-Sales, not-to-be-missed movies example Shrek3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, trips to Escape and all. After all, isn’t that what holidays are for? (Well, with holiday homework of course -_-)
Besides, students can get to gain more experiences in this competitive working society out there, which are useful when the time comes. Being used to have their parents giving in to their whining, by working outside will let them have a taste of the reality of life and thus, grooming them into a more mature and responsible person. Ironically, those who were especially pampered at home tend to have more desire to catch a glimpse of the outside world. Hence, working will not only give them a chance to accomplish this “dream”, but also, give them a sense of accomplishment because, well, they washed a bowl! Lastly, this group of working teenagers can also enlarge their circle of friends too (but also a higher possibility of going onto BGR)
And now, it’s the negative side. With all the reasons given below and maybe above by our friends, the few main points are neglecting their studies especially if he/she is bad at managing their own time and also, they would use this invalid “I am working today” reason to skip themselves from their Co-curriculum activities and also extra lessons. Now think, if they are using such excuses to defend for their absence, then where has all their responsibility and integrity gone too? Isn’t that one of the few important factors required for every job? If they cannot display such simple values in their every day life, then what’s the points of “training” them during work?
After all, holiday is not totally about earning hard for money, it is also for us to enjoy ourselves, rest well and catching up our schoolwork too! To end off the whole essay/post, I would recommend students to take up job attachment programs organized by the school as it is more educational and our parents are assured of our safely and whereabouts too. If you are really going to work outside, make sure you have some friends accompanying you and find out carefully about the details for the job, because you might not want to do jobs you don’t want to…(;
Vong U Chan (23)
2e6
