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Part-time Job

  • 17-08-2015 01:24AM
    #1
    The plastic sausage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi I'm going into 5th year (known as 4th year in some schools) and I want to get a part-time job but I am unsure whether or not I should as some people say it can cause grades to drop. Opinions please?


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  • #2
    annmarie98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭annmarie98


    I'm going into 6th year this year and the one thing I wish I did was get a job in 5th year. I won't be able to juggle everything this year so I'd advise you to get something this year. I spent a lot of time studying in 5th and although I'm glad I did, I wish I did more with my weekends. Work and make sure to save money for college/courses/post leaving cert life because right now I'm stressing over that! Best of luck :)


  • #3
    djpbarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    The plastic sausage wrote: »
    Hi I'm going into 5th year (known as 4th year in some schools) and I want to get a part-time job but I am unsure whether or not I should as some people say it can cause grades to drop. Opinions please?
    It depends on how much of a time commitment is required, but generally I think it's a good idea for young people to get proper work experience, if they can. It's easier to invest time in these things during the summer, but I don't think there's any harm in working, say, an evening per week and maybe a day at the weekend.

    There's far too many kids these days emerging from school/uni who have never worked a day in their lives - a part-time job is a good grounding experience, in my opinion.


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