4. Part-time jobs often distract students’ attention from their studies, and some students even play truant.
5. The main task of students is to study hard and learn what is needed for the development of our nation. Social experience can be gained later after they finish their studies.
6. Since students are in their formative years, part-time jobs may expose them to social ills at an age when they can not differentiate good from bad.
7. Some students become juvenile delinquents because they come under the influence of bad people through part-time jobs.
8. Though students who have part-time jobs may relieve their parents’ economic burdens, their early contact with society adds greatly to the worries of their parents.
9. Though some after-school work can help students practise what they learn in classes, many of the jobs require nothing of the students’ knowledge.
10. Some students have become drop-outs because through part-time jobs they’ve found that the more education you have, the less money you make.
11. After the chaotic 10-year-long Cultrual Revolution, China now has a shortage of 60 million engineers. The problem of dropouts only makes the situation worse.
Questions
1. Do you think student should have part-time jobs? Why (Why not)?
2. Why are there so many drop-outs from primary and secondary schools?
3. What are the consequences of school drop-outs?
4. How can this problem be solved?
IV. Write.
Work out an outline of your own viewpoints. The outline should consist of major statements and supporting evidence and examples. Do not write down every word of your speech.