Is it good for students to have part-time jobs?
Arguments
1. It's good for students to have part-time jobs because this helpscultivate independence among young people.
2. Part-time jobs in business can foster a sense of competition, which isimportant for students in the future.
3. Being able to earn their own money gives students a feeling that they'vebecome adults and, therefore, makes them feel more mature.
4. Part-time jobs make students more confident in themselves becausethrough the work they can realize their own value and prove that they arecapable people.
5. Part-time job experience gives students an insight into what work isabout and prepares them psychologically for their future jobs.
6. After-school work teaches students how hard it is to earn money andhelps develop thriftiness in our younger generation.
7. Part-time jobs can help students apply their knowledge in practice, and,in return, their experience will make them know better what they have learned inclasses and books.
8. Part-time jobs give students a feeling of achievement throughcontributing to national construction.
9. Students' part-time jobs eontribnte a lot, in one way or another, to oursocialist construction.
10. Students who have part-time jobs can relieve, to some extent, theeconomic burdens of their parents.
Counter-arguments
1. Part-time jobs often distract students' attention from their studies,and some students even play truant.
2. The main task of students is to study hard and learn what is needed forthe development of our nation. Social experience can be gained later after theyfinish their studies.
3. It's not good for students to do part-time jobs because they will becomemoney-oriented.
4. Many students who have part-time jobs have shown a decline in theirstudies.
5. Part-time jobs do not help develop a sense of thriftiness among youngpeople because many students spend the money on such high-priced items andluxuries that their parents can hardly afford.
6. Since students are in their formative years, part-time jobs may exposethem to social ills at an age when they cannot differentiate good from bad.
7. Some students become juvenile delinquents because they come under theinfluence of bad people through part-time jobs.
8. Though students who have part-time jobs may relieve their parents'economic burdens, their early contact with society adds greatly to the worriesof their parents.
9. Though some after-school work can help students practise what they learnin classes, many of the jobs require nothing of the students' knowledge.
10. Some students have become dropouts because through part-time jobsthey've found that the more education you have, the Jess money you make.