Student should have a part time job.
Nobody can succeed without having a determination in life. This sentence is useful for students who must try to overcome all problems during their school-years. They have to be determined in order to master the most important skills such as theory and practice. However, knowledge that they have at school is not enough. Thus, having a part-time job is essential to help them improve practical knowledge. In my point of view, I always agree with the suggestion above. I have reasons to support my standing as follow.
Financially, it is really difficult for parents to support their children at their school-age, so they have to work with a pick and shovel to earn money. Moreover, In Viet Nam, properly speaking, there are only few rich families, and parents struggle with difficulties to earn money from their jobs. At school-age, students pay not only school fee but also their expenses. For instance, they have to buy books, pens, tapes and pay for amusement with friends and so on. Hence, if students go to work, they will partly reduce their family financial burden.
In relation to background knowledge, students have difficulty applying theories for real life. If they only receive theories from teachers, they will not improve their knowledge. As a Vietnamese saying goes, “Theory and practice must go hand in hand”, so students want to be good at their studying, they have to do it themselves to balance knowledge between theory and practice. For example, my friend said, “I can’t improve my computer skills”, though he was taking a class information technology. Thus, he applied for a part-time job in an Internet room. After three months, he quickly improved in mastering crucial skills for his IT field such as installing software, repair system, etc. Therefore, having a part-time job plays an important role in developing students’ knowledge and creates essential skills for future jobs.
Last but not least, when working part-time, students can open their social relationship and this relationship will help them a lot in many fields. When students go to work, they will know how to behave with people. They feel confident when standing in front of strangers. This confidence will encourage to find a job easily in the future. In addition, when they are at work, they have many relations. They find it easy to ask for a help or have useful advices to overcome problems from these relations.
To sum up, having a part-time job is really essential and important to students. They can reduce family’s burdens, apply experiences from work for their studying and open relations, to name a few. With these aspects, they will help students a great deal for their future jobs.
Nguyễn Đình Như Hà
Note by Mr. Ha:
Ø work with a pick and shovel to verb :làm việc cực khổ “nhọc” để mà…(toil over has the same meaning ).
Ø School fee, tuition fee …: học phí, tiền học.
