Preston StephensMaroon Echoes Columnist This Article is an editorial on student stress, while it uses facts it is the opinion of the author not the Maroon Echoes. Being a high school student can get expensive, both monetarily and mentally. After leaving middle school, with very little pressure to succeed, we are forced into a world where classes count towards college and students can feel overwhelmed. It’s a time in a person's life when massive changes can happen to their routine. To fulfill a students' needs for money and learn valuable adult skills, oftentimes they get jobs.When students get their first job in high school, it is usually a learning experience. Rarely do people stay at their first job for more than a year. After having a job and making some money, smart students will try to research what careers they would like to pursue because they don’t want to be a cashier or stock for the rest of their life.
Balancing school and a job can be tough. School alone is hard for people, especially if you are in sports or regularly have homework. Neither of which will give you an excuse for not doing homework. Teachers rarely accept after-school employment as an excuse for late work. Working daily and going to school daily can quickly become overwhelming. Freetime and breaks are necessary to maintain mental health. Studies have shown that if people don't take breaks from stress it can cause serious health issues.Students in high school that overwork have worse grades than students that don't work at all. Most students work low education, low-income jobs, this can help teach them to get a better education to improve the quality of jobs that will be available. If a student goes to a high school that offers a financial class, having a job and learning about money has value that will pay off in the class. Another positive side; learning how to budget is something that all people should know how to do before they turn 18 and are required to be independent. According to Brookings University, Having summer jobs can keep high school students out of trouble, studies have shown that having a summer job lowers crime rate/violence.
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