Many students take part time jobs whilst studying in university. Is this a good or bad idea?

Education plays an integral role in one’s life and requires an investment in the form of time, money and hard work.

Hence

, to afford the expense of the degree course, many students prefer to do work on a daily or weekend basis, which in my view, should be encouraged among students in their overall personality development. On the one hand, students doing jobs can feel them in a more financially secure position. To illustrate, they will be able to pay their rents, bills, transportation charges, college fee, and even student loan debt and

thus

,

this

will help to reduce the financial burden on them and their families.

Secondly

, managing studies and job at the same moment will develop time management skills among them and

further

enhance their interpersonal and soft skills development.

Thirdly

, these jobs will support them to build their curriculum vitae and

hence

helping them to grab a job opportunity at a good company. Fourthly, staying busy in the tight study-work schedule will divert teenager's minds from being involved in undesirable and unlawful activities.

On the other hand

, these jobs can increase the burden on the students at

this

tender age and

thus

, making them suffer from the low academic performance because sometimes, the time spent in doing

such

jobs and the salary paid is not worth the amount of studies affected.

Moreover

, their hectic schedule will leave no leisure period for their hobbies or nurture their hidden talents. To recapitulate, I opine that regardless of few drawbacks which can be managed by proper planning, students should be encouraged to take the work positions for their financial security and well rounded development.