October 13, 2017
Students with Jobs
For some the real world starts while in college, it happens
when they’re putting in the work to pass a class as well as trying to pay for
class.
Students at Michigan State University are known for having that
common good and uncommon will, and for many that doesn’t just mean executing
well in the classroom but out of it by making the community and themselves
better. A lot of that starts with having a job and learning how to develop
those skills needed to be successful. START
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PER GRAF But a problem many students face, full or part time, is it’s very
difficult to juggle both school and work at the same time even though many
students need the money to help pay for college.
Many students on campus prefer not to get a job because they
just want to focus on school and feel they don’t have the time to throw in a
job to an already busy schedule. For MSU sophomore Jordan Thorpe, he just wants
school to be his focus.
Never having a job while going to class full time, Thorpe
said “I’d prefer to kind of focus on school mainly, if I had time maybe I could
do a job,” but “right now it’s not really possible.”
Thorpe said over the summer he had an internship at a
construction company in Detroit called Walbridge. He tried to just take one
math class while also working 40-hour weeks, but quickly found out it wasn’t
the right combo.
“I actually had a job over the summer and I went to Oakland
Community College for one class, so I guess I kind of was in college and had a
job, but I found that going to work full time and going to school was like
really hard, like really hard,” Thorpe said.
Students may not want a job because of the fear of failing,
but Bill Morgan COMMA HERE who is
the Experiential Learning & On-Campus Internship Coordinator at MSU COMMA HERE disagrees.
Morgan said, NO COMMA
HERE that it “Prepares LOWER CASE
THE START OF QUOTE FRAGMENTS THAT DO NOT START A SENTENCE you for when you
are thrown into a 40-hour work week.” A full-time student taking 15 credits
puts in 45 hours to school and adding a 15-hour work week can only prepare you
even more.
“You’re Spartans and you can do this.” ELLIPSES
(…) AND NO QUOTE MARKS HERE TO BRIDGE QUOTE FRAGMENTS “Exposure to critical
problem solving, learning to work with others, and develop so many broad
skills,” Morgan said.
Being the on-campus internship coordinator, Morgan has a
chance to work with many students at MSU and said, NO COMMA HERE it depends on the student and how much they can
handle at one time, a part-time job is on average about 15 hours of work a week
and can be looked at as just another three-credit class without the homework,
group projects and tests.
“Good thing to add to your college experience,” Morgan said
about even a simple job like working at Sparty’s because it allows you to meet
new people, earn some money and grow your resume to show future employers that
you did something while in college other than studying, which can really put
you ahead of your competition when looking for a job after graduation.
Having a job while taking classes isn’t exactly a recipe that
most students want to try out because they feel it takes away from much needed
studying time in order to succeed in a certain class. Another complaint college
students tend to make when they have a job is it takes away their free time and
doesn’t allow them to go out with friends.
Tyler Holmes COMMA
HERE who is a full-time student at MSU and works typically around 20 hours
at the Michigan Athletic Club every week COMMA
HERE said, “You gotta make choices, it certainly has affected my social
life to some extent.”
Morgan said working 20 to 29 hours a week can get in the way
and have a bigger impact on a student’s life.
Having the job at the athletic club ever since he’s been in
High School, HIGH SCHOOL IS LOWER CASE
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two and not let it affect how he does in school as well as ruin his reputation
in the workforce.
When asked if he’s had to call off work because of an excessive
amount of schoolwork, Holmes said “Not too often, but on occasion.”
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Sources:
Bill Morgan,
Experiential Learning & On-Campus Internship Coordinator at MSU
morganw6@msu.edu, (517) 884-1347
ASSIGNMENT GRADE: (redacted)
INSTRUCTOR’S COMMENTS:
A GOOD START: NICE LEDE AND NUT GRAF SEQUENCE, GOOD STRUCTURE AND USE OF
QUOTES, STRONG ATTRIBUTION, ETC. THANKS!
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