Friday, 4 May 2012

Studying and working: The busy lives of students with paid employment


Students who work and study seem not to enjoy the best of both. They are able to keep up to their jobs, as receiving a paycheck is always a best feeling one encounters on the days people receive their salaries or wages.  Although most of us loose track in the process and focus on minor jobs more than school.What happened to managing both work and your Studies?

I've come up with ways that students can juggle both:
  • Have good time management
  • Keep a schedule which assists in organising things effectively
  • Getting yourself motivated by means of staying connected with your classmates
  • Setting goals and rewarding yourself when you attain them, this sets positive self motivation
  • Enjoying the crossover between work and study
Receiving money on the side is never a wrong doing because it contributes to practising responsibility. We find that students who go to work and study at the same time have different reasons for doing so. It might be a way of paying or saving for your education or helping their families (bread winners). Dropping out of school is one of the things that can happen to some students when they have a job. According to Mr Moreno the ESOL counsellor, students who start working are highly rated to quit/drop out of school because they prefer to have money but how much is it and how much more can one earn in sacrificing the route of studying and having a good job,background and experience from studying.

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11 comments:

  1. working and school is something that really dosnt mix very well, but when money is tight you can make it work

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    1. We need to understand that some people are required to work to fufill certain circumsatnces like pay for their studies and bread winners so it goes back to the point that its about management.

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  2. i have to say that it depends on how one is focused and willing to juggle both studying and working,but people tend to focus mostly on what gives them money which is working

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    1. Yes, but they dont relaise that time waits for no man in terms of how can one settle for minor salaries whilst people your age will earn triple the salary after they have completed their studies.

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  3. I you want to make money and still study at the same time , it requires alot of work and stress too. It depends on the individual if he or she can handle the pressure.

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    1. But I think it still depends with the individual on how they tackle both.

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  4. I think time management is the most important of all hey.

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    1. True it comes to the question whereby why can other people do both but are still able to balance both effectively whilst others can't.

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  5. I believe that every thing has its own time so when an individual is studying they should best do that on its own as mixing work with books will be a problem as time goes.

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    1. True books always come first because at the end it will benefit you.

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