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Off-campus Jobs for Students Nowadays, more and more students in universities go to find off-campus jobs. Even some students in high schools and middle schools also do so. Thus some teachers and parents are worrying about this phenomenon. They fear that students having off-campus jobs would neglect their study and waste their time on meaningless things. But, in fact, taking off-campus jobs has far more advantages than disadvantages to both the students and the society. Often by doing an off-campus job, a student can earn some money. Although it is not too much, it can reduce the burden of his family to some extent. It takes a student a large sum of money to finish school. If the student has no income, he has to fall back on his parent. But most grown-up students do not want to ask their parents for too much money from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, taking off-campus jobs is one of the best solutions. Some of the off-campus jobs such as jobs in computer field need the students’ special knowledge. Working in these fields, students can improve their study on special knowledge by applying the knowledge to the jobs. They will study harder and harder if they find that their knowledge is not enough to deal with the jobs. Most employers say that the students work harder than common workers do and use their intelligence and knowledge to do things, and sometimes the students accomplish the work very perfectly. Students’ attendance at work also stimulates the workers to improve their work abilities. The most important and profound thing is that taking off-campus jobs can help students to gain a lot of valuable experiences and knowledge which can not be acquired in school. By doing off-campus jobs, students can learn how to deal with many kinds of unexpected situations and how to get along with various people; they begin to understand the society and learn to adapt to it. All these will do good to their future very much. Because after graduating from school, every student need go into the society and face the various competitions. With the experiences and knowledge acquired by taking off-campus jobs, he will make a good living in the society at ease. Students’ taking off-campus jobs has a great effect on society. Certainly it brings out some disadvantages. For example, a few students discontinue their studying just for earning more money. But, by and large, it contributes to most students’ future and our society. It offers a new perspective of study for modern society. That is, students also need study outside schools, because they need omnifarious knowledge to live in the modern society.
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