Explain Why Highschoolers Shouldn T Work

As a highschooler myself I believe that high schoolers shouldn’t work. Once every teenager starts high school the first thing everyone wants is money and independence. I feel like students are pressured into working since they have reached the age to actually start working and receiving their very first paychecks. Over the years researchers have noticed that students working more than three hours tend to have their grades decreased in less than a month. Students tend to focus on making money when working much more than education itself. So the main question here is should teens work? I personally think no, students should not be able to work. I feel like as teens it should be the last thing in mind. Throughout our whole life as adults all we are focusing on is working. I feel like as teens we should enjoy these moments right now where we don't have to worry about more responsibilities besides our school work, sports, or even playing instruments. As teenagers we already have enough pressure to deal with and having a job would be added stress. Having a job would drain students energy and students would not have sufficient energy for school and their afterschool activities like sports. Research shows that when teens work for 20 …show more content…
I feel like having school already is enough stress and coming home from a job and then doing homework wouldn't really allow me to complete my school work because of the fact that I would be really drained and wouldn't hold any energy. Staying up late to finish school work would just allow me to have very little sleep and no energy at school the next day which would slowly start affecting grades in school. Higher rates of being absent in school which will cause more school work to accumulate and grades to drop. Teens that tend to work more than 13 hours a week tend to have less time with their friends and family and studies show that drug and alcohol use becomes a stress reliever when