Question: Should high school students take on part-time jobs while managing their academic responsibilities?
☆Let’s Think
1.
Think
about the following expressions of Professor Johnson and make sure the point of
this discussion:
“the complex intersection of
education and practical experience”
“an era where real-world
experience and academic achievements are both highly valued”
“how this balance affects students’
development and preparation for future challenges”
Note:
The professor’s question is not about part-time jobs as one of the extracurricular
activities but those as part of education.
2.
What
do you think high school students should learn other than academic subjects?
3.
Does
your school allow you to work part-time? Do you know the reason for the policy?
Have you ever had a part-time job? If so, share the experience with other
students.
☆Hints for Points
For:
1.
Students can learn what it is like to work for money, and it
will help them (to) think about their future.
2.
By having a part-time job, they can meet many kinds of people.
1.
Having
a part-time job will deprive students of other real-life experiences such as
club activities, volunteering, and interaction with friends.
2.
Working
involves what students do not have to go through, like harassment or violence.
☆Sample Responses
A
【Thesis】Working part-time is good for
students’ development and facilitates their studies.【Reason】Working for money as a member of a
team with many kinds of people enhances cognitive ability, maturity, and acquisition
of fundamental work ethics like honesty and punctuality. This will lead to better
understanding of reality and clear future vision, which are good motivation to
study.
【Counterargument Treatment】It is true that other extracurricular
activities such as volunteering are in place for students to learn about
society, but they fall short of hands-on experience as a wage-earner that effectively
nurture their empathy. Social activities that school promotes are set aside for
educational purposes, and this process makes them ineffective for students to learn
the reality and acquire new perspectives. For example, volunteering makes
students regarded as good children and appreciated for doing some harmless jobs,
while part-timers are often looked down upon and ill-treated. Harassment is common
and they come to know that people tend to be hard on those who are in the
weaker position. This knowledge must be earned for anything so that they won’t
be obnoxious to anyone in the future.
【Conclusion】Part-time jobs during high school years, when
people are most sensitive, help produce good citizens. (199 words)
B
【Thesis】High school students can wait for the experience of working part-time
till they graduate.
【Reason】Most of the benefits are gained in
other times of life, while the loss would be irretrievable. Both college-bound
and non-college-bound students are going through the most crucial years in their
formation. The events and projects at school and the interaction and relationships
with other students, friends, and family influence the completion of their personality
and values, and they can only be experienced during high school years.
【Counterargument
Treatment】On the other
hand, experience gained by labor will be available in liberal amount soon in
the case of non-college-bound students and in a few years in the case of college-bound
students when they work as inters. Meanwhile, the real-world experience owes more
to personal history than to working experience. Some high school students would
be more grown-up than adults who have worked for a living for decades.
【Conclusion】Therefore, I find little benefits
of part-time jobs as part of education. (160 words)
Write your response in 10 minutes. Show each other your responses.
Write down questions or suggestions to each other’s response.
DRAFT
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