Homework vs. Work: College students try to balance classes and restaurant jobs

Participant Tania Anderson at her part-time job Provided Working a food operation job on top of a class schedule that already commandeers a large portion of time is a lot for a college apprentice to juggle all at once With the unpredictability and physically demanding nature of the food industry SCAD participant Tania Anderson has to pick her battles Rising tuition costs coupled with current instability in the U S Department of Learning make it an even more intricate tightrope to walk When deadlines come up Anderson and a multitude of other college students like her must decide if the paycheck is more crucial than the classroom According to latest facts from the National Restaurant Association of employees in the restaurant and food-service industries are young adults ages to Out of those workers ages to who are enrolled in school there are around collectively For Atlanta college students life is a balancing act between managing work and school Students have to combat procrastination s pull and make sacrifices to ensure everything gets done and nothing slips through the cracks I often find myself not wanting to work on homework after Anderson a server at Oz Pizza noted She reported that long shifts make it hard to pick up the textbook after work For SCAD trainee Jessica Goddard her ability to complete her schoolwork to her standards has been the greater part formidable thing to manage with the demands of her job It keeps me from putting more time into things that I want to I m not able to put as much time and effort into schoolwork as I d like I feel a bit more rushed Goddard a server at a popular Buckhead restaurant commented I feel like I m working two full-time jobs because you kinda are Specific Atlanta college students use certain strategies to manage their time effectively Finding what works best is different for each attendee Goddard keeps rigorous schedules and prefers consistency while Anderson prefers to space things out and do work in small portions Georgia State trainee Ella Rollins tries to get things done as rapidly as viable I just try to get stuff done after class when I can Rollins who works at the same Buckhead restaurant as Goddard mentioned Georgia State participant Ella Rollins works a part-time job along with taking classes Provided With more tightly packed schedules completing school work directly after class can ensure the work gets done Methods of assessment aside sometimes the assignments build up to an unmanageable point In which occurrence temporary adjustments need to be made Don t feel bad about taking a day off Rollins stated Even if you don t want to do a full two hours of studying or like homework try to do at least minutes Anderson suggested Anderson has detected that making herself do small increments of homework after getting off from work and seeing if they are still exhausted from their job helps She describes that she does something to refresh herself ranging from watching particular TV eating food or doing something hygiene or self-care related before jumping back into assignments According to a shifts document on Restaurant Employee Engagement flexibility is incredibly significant in keeping workers alongside camaraderie and benefits Food amenity jobs that don t meet these requirements can drive away otherwise willing workers out of necessity more than anything I had homework to do and I didn t want my grades to suffer because my bosses weren t being accommodating for me SCAD learner Jasmine Gilson who used to work at an Atlanta location for McDonald s mentioned A college apprentice s choice between a paycheck and what that paycheck goes towards is one centered around urgency I called out once so that I could finish an assignment for one of my classes Anderson reported In that instance the grade was more urgent The post Homework vs Work College students try to balance classes and restaurant jobs appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta