| Nowadays students are increasingly likely to work | | | | hours per week, earning roughly $7.50 per hour, |
| while studying at college. The majority of them | | | | mostly in unskilled jobs unrelated to their courses. |
| have to rely on the supplemental income to | | | | Even having a full course load, the majority of |
| support themselves at college or university. The | | | | students work that much, straining themselves |
| accelerating proportion of students with term-time | | | | with irregular shifts and insufficient sleep, feeling |
| jobs rose from 47% to 58% in the recent | | | | fatigued and exhausted during the classes. It |
| decades. According to the new research, students | | | | results in declining of students' academic |
| spend less time in the classrooms than they used | | | | performance and persistence, and raises the |
| to 10 years ago. | | | | likelihood of students being dropped out. But for all |
| Learning and earning have become the norm for | | | | that, working students usually can't afford |
| a good chunk of students, especially for those | | | | vacations, because holiday time equals extra work |
| who are in financial need. As long as most | | | | time. |
| government loans and bursary programs provide | | | | While evidence shows that a slew of students |
| the minimum funds to cover the tuition costs, | | | | work at levels that negatively influence the quality |
| students have to eat, catch the occasional movies | | | | of their studying and their academic achievement, |
| and remain on the fringe of fashion. Proverbially | | | | they can't afford to cut back their jobs. All in all, |
| term-time working kills two birds with one stone - | | | | rising academic costs and failure of the |
| it pays the bills while allowing students to gain | | | | government to keep pace have forced the |
| invaluable work experience. | | | | majority of students to work a number of hours |
| It really stands for some reason, because | | | | that negatively impacts their academic |
| combining work and school offers benefits beyond | | | | performance. |
| just earning the keep. However, the | | | | However, term-time working is not only about |
| overwhelming number of students has to work, | | | | negative influence and making sacrifice. It is also |
| because they need money for basic essentials. | | | | about pleasure and gaining invaluable working |
| The figures show that 80% of students can't | | | | experience. |
| manage on their students loans, another 20% are | | | | Many students agree in opinion that part-time |
| bound to work simply because their families can't | | | | working is beneficial and claim that they are able |
| support them or just because they don't want | | | | to handle their work and studying, enjoying the |
| building up debts. | | | | process, and feeling incentive and motivation to |
| A recent study found that that term-time | | | | study in overloaded time-schedule. It is also an |
| employment has detrimental consequences for | | | | effective way to discover what types of jobs |
| students, both in terms of their social experience | | | | students like, and more likely to engage in after |
| and academic performance. Working students | | | | graduation. A host of students believes that |
| miss out on everyday experiences of college or | | | | working is an excellent opportunity to acquire |
| university. | | | | practical skills and knowledge, and to feel a sense |
| They skip lectures and seminars; spend less time | | | | of achievement and accomplishment. |
| in libraries, using their university's computing | | | | Though, working leaves little time for a broader |
| facilities, devote less time to studying | | | | learning experience the majority of students infer |
| independently, reading, and preparing their | | | | to receive at colleges and universities, and apply |
| assignments because of their jobs. 42% of | | | | at their jobs. Also time-term working deprives |
| students reported that working hurt their grades | | | | students of the opportunity to engage in |
| and limited their class choice. At the same time, | | | | community service, volunteering, extracurricular |
| 63% reported that they wouldn't be able to | | | | activities, and enjoy students' years at full blast, |
| afford college if they didn't work. | | | | getting the most of the best time in people's life. |
| The employed students work an average of 25 | | | | |