I would like my kids to appreciate hard work but I also would like them to recognize that studying is also hard work. I appreciate manual labor, I did a ton of it growing up. I would like my kids to know what it's like to put your back in to your living, but not at the expense of other pursuits. Working as a tutor would be a great job for someone in college. My wife taught Kaplan classes in the US during school. She was also a substitute teacher at a Juvenile Detention center. -She has some great stories about that one.Around 60-70% of college students have a bijbaan, 'side job', to give you some money to spend while studying.
I waited tables at night and on my off days from class I painted houses. I worked a lot during school which is one of the reasons I did so poorly imo.
Well, I've never put more than 40 hours per week into studying, often less. So a little job of 4 / 8 hours (two evenings or half a Saturday) mostly cuts in on social time. In return, you can afford to do more social things like go to a concert or a movie whenever you want. So I doubt it's detrimental. I really love tutoring. I'd rather work by thinking than by doing, and when I work I get to help people. I'm not in front of a class though, and the kids aren't in detention. That must be incredibly hard. The downside to my tutoring is that there's no work in the summer, when I (and the kids I tutor) have summer holiday. So I'm gonna have to find some work to do then.I would like my kids to appreciate hard work but I also would like them to recognize that studying is also hard work. I appreciate manual labor, I did a ton of it growing up. I would like my kids to know what it's like to put your back in to your living, but not at the expense of other pursuits.
As a teenager, it took me about two seconds to figure out that money = freedom. That's why I went out and got a job as a 14 yr old (actually, I had a paper route at age 11, but that wasn't very serious). Never had to worry about begging my parents for cash, especially after I turned 16 and needed gas money. Having a paycheck that you worked for and can dispose of the money however you please is a great feeling. On top of that I picked up some pretty good management skills along the way that have helped me in my adult life a lot. I work in an industry where many people never had a real job until they got out of a billion years of college and sometimes it really shows. There's a reason I've been able to climb the ladder a lot quicker than many peers, even though I went to a small, unknown university, almost failed out of high school, and have a general lack of respect for authority. School is overrated.