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Which detail from the passage best supports the article's main
idea that working during the school year is beneficial?
According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2007,
24.8% of 16- and 17-year-olds worked. A slightly larger
number worked 15 hours or more per week than those
working fewer than 15 hours.
Furthermore, many jobs open to high school students, like
cooking hamburgers, certainly aren't glamorous.
Reading Passage
Getting a job as a teen tells potential future employers that
you have initiative, that is, the energy that's needed to do
something.
Should You Work During the School Year?
by Staff Writer Maryam Khan
1 Every Tuesday and Thursday, high school junior Kayla Morrison goes to a local
café-not to eat, but to work. For the last four months, she's been working at the café
those two aftemoons a week and every Saturday moming
Getting stressed from having to balance school, work, family, Benefits
and friends is a real possibility.
2 Kayla is one of the many American high school students who work. In fact, around
eighty percent of all high school students will have had some kind of job by the time
they graduate. But is working during the school year a good thing? Let's find out.
3 Kayla's friend Sergio Morales is a senior who works fifteen to twenty hours a week
bagging groceries He says, "Per hout, the money doesn't sound like much, but it adds
up. I like being able to spend it on things I want to buy And I am also saving a little
to go to a community college next year"
4 Sergio has named an obvious benefit of working-getting money in return for your
labor-yet there are other benefits too.
SA job helps you learn how to manage time Adding a job to your already busy life
can be tricky. To do this successfully, you have to schedule activities and plan. You
also have to be willing to prioritize activities by assigning them varying degrees of
importance.
6 A job can positively affect your future employment Getting a job as a teen tells
potential future employers that you have initiative, that is, the energy that's needed