The Working Student By the age of seventeen your legally old enough to get a driver 's permit, build credit, and get a job. These are responsibilities that we because introduced to as we are in high school. Some say that it 's too much for the high school student, for example Author of Working at McDonald 's, Amitai Etzioni. While others feel that this is a rite of passage, it 's a time for teens to get a feel for adulthood. In many ways, the working high school student redefines the views of responsibility and this will help them develop personal growth and autonomy. Amitai Etzioni and I can both agree, working for a company that is production line operate, I not a place for the high school student. Where the individual is more like a machines
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Harrell and P.W. Wirtz found that, among those students who worked at least 25 hours per work while in school, their unemployment rate four years later was half of that the seniors who did not work... many who begin as part-time employees in fast-food chains drop out of high school and are gobbled up in the world of low-skill jobs" (Etzioni A., pg. 250). Is their job, that much of a distraction?, to boldly state that working students are to become high school dropouts. One fact is workers under the age of eighteen are legally only allow to work twenty hours a week, with the right forms approve from the school councilor and parents. I also believe it 's deeper factors that may relates to students not being properly diagnosed with a learning disorder or high functioning disorder on the spectrum that 's hard to test for; with some newly gained confidence of finding more success working in a part-time part over the high school curriculum. These individuals may not have enough confidence in themselves to push for a better job with growth or continue on with their …show more content…
I had a very interesting background. At seventeen years old, I got my first job at Ralphs Market. Academically, I was taking a full load of high school work with two college classes. All while being the varsity captain of three different sports, and active member of leadership and some other academic clubs. I kept up my grades, I worked so hard to juggle everything. Most of all I was a student that was misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Not until I was an adult to find out that I was hard of hearing and has Auditory Processing Disorder. I struggled with school, but I never gave up. With the guidance and support of my parents, I was able to get through that time of my life. Not only my mother sitting down with me and spoken about the responsibility I have with this money from my job, and a credit card to now start building my future. As a high school student, I 'm sure I did some stuff that the adult would see as childish, but they also taught the hard working professional girl I was. At eighteen years old and still in high school, I won number one customer service award, I beat out about fifteen hundred customer service clerks, with my everyday work skills, professionalism, and interview skills. And after I graduated high school, I moved up in positions and full time status, all while going to community college full time, and playing college softball as a pitcher. This is where the
Harrell and P.W. Wirtz found that, among those students who worked at least 25 hours per work while in school, their unemployment rate four years later was half of that the seniors who did not work... many who begin as part-time employees in fast-food chains drop out of high school and are gobbled up in the world of low-skill jobs" (Etzioni A., pg. 250). Is their job, that much of a distraction?, to boldly state that working students are to become high school dropouts. One fact is workers under the age of eighteen are legally only allow to work twenty hours a week, with the right forms approve from the school councilor and parents. I also believe it 's deeper factors that may relates to students not being properly diagnosed with a learning disorder or high functioning disorder on the spectrum that 's hard to test for; with some newly gained confidence of finding more success working in a part-time part over the high school curriculum. These individuals may not have enough confidence in themselves to push for a better job with growth or continue on with their …show more content…
I had a very interesting background. At seventeen years old, I got my first job at Ralphs Market. Academically, I was taking a full load of high school work with two college classes. All while being the varsity captain of three different sports, and active member of leadership and some other academic clubs. I kept up my grades, I worked so hard to juggle everything. Most of all I was a student that was misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Not until I was an adult to find out that I was hard of hearing and has Auditory Processing Disorder. I struggled with school, but I never gave up. With the guidance and support of my parents, I was able to get through that time of my life. Not only my mother sitting down with me and spoken about the responsibility I have with this money from my job, and a credit card to now start building my future. As a high school student, I 'm sure I did some stuff that the adult would see as childish, but they also taught the hard working professional girl I was. At eighteen years old and still in high school, I won number one customer service award, I beat out about fifteen hundred customer service clerks, with my everyday work skills, professionalism, and interview skills. And after I graduated high school, I moved up in positions and full time status, all while going to community college full time, and playing college softball as a pitcher. This is where the