A levels and Saturday Job

Anatidaephobia

Jagraf wrote: »

She's working 9-5.30 on a Saturday, and is out Friday night and Sunday afternoon as she is in a band club (which she loves and is her hobby). Which leaves Sunday morning, Sunday evenings and sat night (if she's not out) for homework. She's back at 3.45 every day and doesn't have anything else in the week. She also has free periods at school. She's doing 4 academic A levels.

That seems totally fine tbh. One day of work per week, balanced out by the fact that she also spends time at weekends doing something she enjoys, and that still leaves five or even six nights a week available for studying.

I started working at 16 and there weren't any negatives; it was very beneficial. I think the most important thing is that the hours worked each week are not too high; if you're pressured into constantly working overtime or covering other people's shifts all the time then you could easily become stressed and run out of time to study. As long as that is avoided, having a part time job should be encouraged.

Reggie_Rebel

Is this good for experience in the real world of work? - Yes
Too time consuming? - No
Affects grades? - No
Too tiring? - No

euronorris

Jagraf wrote: »

She's working 9-5.30 on a Saturday, and is out Friday night and Sunday afternoon as she is in a band club (which she loves and is her hobby). Which leaves Sunday morning, Sunday evenings and sat night (if she's not out) for homework. She's back at 3.45 every day and doesn't have anything else in the week. She also has free periods at school. She's doing 4 academic A levels.

Im not sure if she would do any homework on the Saturday tbh if she gave it up.

She's also got the weekday evenings for studying too.


I'm working full time and studying for a diploma in my spare time, which equates to 3 evenings per week and several hours each Sat and Sun.


I haven't had any issues with my results so far

burlington6

The job is important ( in my opinion just as important )

Those teenagers who don't have to work part time, go to uni where everything is paid for them and leave never knowing what a hard days graft feels like are less employable.

RobertCook

As long as she doesn't feel like it's too much, it's fine. It'll be good experience for when she wants another job or if she's trying to get into university. As long as she's able to get the time off when she needs it around exams or big deadlines and isn't pushed into doing too many extra shifts.

toniq

My son is 17 and has had a Saturday job for a year now, he is very lucky and getting a very decent wage and the money he saves.

We stopped giving him a tenner a week when he started working which he was fine with.

He is due to join the forces so will be giving his notice at xmas but has enjoyed working and earning.

I'd say 100% it's a positive thing to do.

System

The benefits (even if they hate working part time) are immeasurable.

You've got to remember that colleges and sixth forms have little or no power to ensure good attendance and punctuality; jobs do though !

Time management, tardiness, team building, a flavour of what they will end up doing if they don't work hard (for me is was working in a fish factory) AND a good lesson on where money comes from, budgeting etc.

mossstitchmama

My daughter's school forbid any form of part time employment during term time. I'd have to check the admission paperwork to see if holidays are mentioned.

Pupils are also only allowed time off for one attempt at the practical driving test and not allowed time of at all for the theory test.

Mind you they are so oversubscribed they can get away with it.

I'm editing this as I have checked the admissions paperwork

It says " under no circumstances can students accept a part time job during school time including study leave.

More than ten hours work a week can make a difference of one to two grades come Results Day"

They are not allowed to have driving lessons whilst they are on school time (8.30 am to 3.35 pm).

So I suppose a Saturday job would be permitted. I don't see why not. I worked behind a bar during my A Levels. It taught me more about mental arithmetic than I learned in school and I learned how stupid most people look when drunk!

TBagpuss

I think it depends on the individual and on the job. I had a Saturday job during ,ost of my A-Level years without any difficulty.
I think it is a mater of keeping an eye on how she is doing - if she appears to be consantly tired, or starts to strggle with her school work then maybe she will need to reconsider. However, I do think there are advantages - it gives ypung people the opportunity to learn useful skills (about what is expected in the work place, getting on with colleagues you may not particualrly like, dealing with the public etc) which they may not otherwise learn. Having to fit work and school work in should improve time management skills and having earned income is good for learning to budget and save.

I wouldn't expect students to be given time off for external activities such as driving lessons or taking the theory test

duchy

I don't see anything there that says they can't have a termtime job just that they can't have a job in school hours - which I take to mean that even if a student didn't have lessons on say a Friday afternoon they couldn't work then -and also once study leave starts they can't take on more hours if those hours fall in usual school hours.

I wouldn't expect a school to permit time off for a driving test ...plenty of school holiday weeks to take it in - as for driving lessons when they should be at school - that's another no brainer

Quite how the school would know if the student was discreet is another matter however !

mossstitchmama wrote: »

My daughter's school forbid any form of part time employment during term time. I'd have to check the admission paperwork to see if holidays are mentioned.

Pupils are also only allowed time off for one attempt at the practical driving test and not allowed time of at all for the theory test.

Mind you they are so oversubscribed they can get away with it.

I'm editing this as I have checked the admissions paperwork

It says " under no circumstances can students accept a part time job during school time including study leave.

More than ten hours work a week can make a difference of one to two grades come Results Day"

They are not allowed to have driving lessons whilst they are on school time (8.30 am to 3.35 pm).

So I suppose a Saturday job would be permitted. I don't see why not. I worked behind a bar during my A Levels. It taught me more about mental arithmetic than I learned in school and I learned how stupid most people look when drunk!