Studying while Working

“Stop doubting yourself, work hard and make it happen”

Three days ago as I was watching my favorite noontime show for the nth time, my attention was suddenly caught by it’s very interesting topic. The topic is something very familiar to me, being a working student. I was again hooked with the two contestants who are working at the same time continues to struggle with their studies. The first one was Chris. He is a tricycle driver. According to him he learned driving since he was very young, and when he reached the right age he starts earning by being a tricycle driver at their place. He didn’t elaborated his story well but he said that he pursued his studies while working. Other than that, he now have a little family to support, instead of quitting to focus on his new responsibility, he worked harder in order to provide for his little family at the same time for his study. Isn’t it inspiring to know people like him continue to strive despite all the difficulties he is facing. It doesn’t stopped him to pursue his education, and fulfill his dream of being a police officer someday.

”Education is passport to our future”

Marvin on the other hand was also a driver, a jeepney driver to be exact. He has a very nice story too. His reason for working was to helped his parents in his school expenses. According to him by working he can provides for his school projects and needed requirements at school thus it lessened the burden of his parents. He woke up early and stays on the road for sometime in order to earned money everyday. After a couple of years, by working really hard, he was able to graduate and is now working on a field related to his course. Quite amazing right?

“If there’s a will there’s a way”

There were a lot inspiring stories about people who graduated by being a working student. They took the hard way to be able to pursue their studies and never give up on their dreams. Despite all the challenges of doing two things at the same time, their hard works paid off in the end. My husband and I were both working students when we were in college. Maybe that’s one of the reason why we understand each other well. He started working as early as 16 years old, after graduating in high school. He manage to finished his college while working as a part time crew on different food chains. While me on the other hand, started working when I turned 18. I went to Manila to pursue my college education as promised by my uncle. But some promises are made to be broken. Ouch! Well, life must goes on. I learned to be independent and trust myself that I can do it. I was able to work some part time jobs, and later on pursue my education while working.

“Hard work will never disappoint you”

Base from my personal experience I could say it was really hard at the same time so stressful. I even got a failed grade because of complicated schedule. It was disappointing yes, but I wasn’t that grade conscious that’s why I’ve moved on from it easily. 😁I focused on my goal to finished my study no matter what it takes. The good thing about our school was that the schedule was a little flexible for working students. I have other classmates too, who were also taking part time jobs while studying. And all the hard works and efforts had been paid off the moment we got our diplomas.

Advantages and Disadvantages

There’s actually some advantages and disadvantages of being a working student. One of its disadvantages is that you can’t focused well on your studies, specially when the midterms and final examinations time. Also you can’t fully enjoy your college life with friends because after class, you have to report on your duty. But I believe with proper time management you can excel it too. On the other hand, one of its advantages is that you build self confident with other people around. Because of your nature’s work, you encountered different people from all walks of life and somehow it’ll make it easier for you to associate with them. One more thing, it’ll be easier for you to look for future job because of your experiences.

My final thoughts

With all honesty, if I have other means to continue my studies I would still choose to be a full time student. That’s why right now, I am saving hard for my kids future. I don’t want them to experience the difficulties I encountered during my college years. But if they choose to work while studying I will always be there to support them.

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