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Work - why do we do it?

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Work - why do we do it?

Write 3 pros and 3 cons of part-time jobs for students

Did you have a part-time job when you were studying/still at school?
Was it generally a good or a bad experience?
Why did you take a part-time job? Money? Status? Feeling grown-up?
How many hours?

POSSIBLE PROS
Financial Independence/Real-world Experience/Skills eg. Time Management, Organisation, Communication, Team-work/Resume Building/Work Ethic/Sense of responsibility/Personal Emotional Growth/Networking

POSSIBLE CONS
Academic Distraction/Exhaustion and Burnout/Reduced Social Life and overcommitment/
Limited Focus on Studies/Risk of Exploitation/Feeling of missing out during the best years of your life.

Discussion

Let’s talk about work in general for students and the rest of us

Would you say you live to work or work to live?

What motivates you to work?

What do you think is the best age to start work? And to finish?

Name 3 things that make work satisfying for you and worth doing.

What is the job market like at the moment? How high is unemployment in your country?
(11.6% in Spain, 4.2% in UK)

Name 3 things that have made you hate work or might make you hate work.

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

If you could do one job, just for one day to learn what it is like, what would you do?