Part-time jobs for American students are very popular and usually begin during their high
school days. Besides working in fast food restaurants and small cafeterias, a very popular job for a
teenager in America is baby sitting. This has its greatest appeal among teenage girls and a good
baby sitter can earn quite a bit if she is reliable, responsible and mature.
It is not necessarily an easy job and requires both social skills and general competence. Such
a job often involves working on Friday and Saturday nights when many married couples like to
spend the night going to a movie or the theatre.
Other part-time jobs which are popular especially among young boys is managing a paper
route or mowing the lawns of people in one's neighbourhood. These jobs also require a sense of
responsibility and can be a source of good income for a high school student. Young boys who run
paper routes are required to get up early in the morning to deliver the daily news regardless of the
weather. This job has no holidays and requires the newspaper to be delivered every day without
exception. In America there are no newspaper holidays.
Part-time jobs for high schools students in America are often seen as an opportunity to teach
young people about work responsibility and respect for others. The young people learn how to
become part of the adult world and to share in the making of society.
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