Going to school and working a full time job can be very strenuous. It takes it's toll after a while and can really wear you down. I always thought that when I was done with school and in the workforce full time, that it would be easier. Come tofind out the real world is not the most fun place to be. It is also hard to find an employer that will actually help work around a shifting class schedule and a not fixed schedule over the course of a year. It always seems like you have to fight to explain what is going on and hope that you can get a little understnding without being fired. I understand that most of the jobs that are available to students are entry position, bottom of the totem pole type things and that employers don't really care about the future of most of their employees. it is a matter of what is best for the company or retaurant or wherever. I will also admit that most students that are working are not the most reliable of employees. That is true early on, but as the students start to work in the fields that they are studying for, internships and the like, they start to focus on the future and possibly staying with the company they are interning for. There has to be a balance between the two and sometimes it is hard to find that balance. It gets even harder for the people that have families and kids. I think that most kids out of high school are not necessarily ready to go right to college. I tend to think that the people that take some time to get out in the real world first and then go back to school, whether it is after being in the military for a couple of years or working for the family business or in the workforce at large, have a greater appreciation for school and what it can help you accomplish. These people have an advantage of knowing just how hard the real world is and then being able to prepare for what they know is coming.
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:14 PM by Carol Ann