My senior year I participated in a very popular early release program called CBE. It was a work study program that seniors could participate in so they could leave after our fourth period class. Our teacher would visit us at our job and in class she would teach us skills that would help us with any job that we would have for the rest of our life. This experience has only made me feel even stronger about the benefits for student working in high school. Having a job in high school can teach you and help you with essential skills for life. Working will help you save for college when it is most needed. Working will also keep kids busy and out of trouble rather than going out and partying. The advantages and the habits that are learned early from working in high school greatly out weigh any disadvantages from having a job and going to school.
             Saving money is a skill that kids need to learn young. Working in high school will help you start saving for college. It is very important to have a savings when you enter college because most first year college students do not have jobs and need to have some sort of cash. No one can life off their parents forever and it is better for kids to start saving early to get a savings account incase the need it later in life. If students took fifteen or twenty percent of their pay check and put in the bank they would already have a life savings started. All of that money could be used later on in life if there was an emergency, such as losing a job or unseen medical fees. The sooner a savings account is started the money will be in it and you will be much more secure in the future.
             Jobs can teach students skills that will help them for the rest of their life. Money management skills can be learned in high school by getting a job. It is a lesson that should be learned early and practiced often. When you have a job in high school contacts and networking can start immediately. Thi
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