This source is exploring how college students balance their work and school responsibilities. One of the main reasons students work is because of the rising costs to attend college. For this reason, they feel like they are forced to spend more time working than studying. This has caused students to notice that if they spend 25 or more hours per week working, their grades drop. One person said that working is not an option, but a necessity for him. He has made sacrifices in his life such as having to study on weekends and sleep few hours. Out of the people studied, 63 percent of them said that college would not be an option if they weren't working. Another student stated that she didn't think working affected her studies. She says it's all about balancing your workloads.
I will be able to use this in my mini-ethnography because it discusses the pros and cons of working and some of the reasons students work. Students are now working for more than just extra spending money; they are working to stay in college.
Michael Borunda. "Working Cal State-Fresno students struggle to find balance." The Collegian 11 May 2006. LexisNexis Academic. 23 February 2009
This document talks about different reasons more students are working now. About 57 percents of full-time college students are working full or part-time jobs so they will be able to stay in college. Some reasons this is happening could be that financial aid has become harder to get and college tuition rates have risen five times faster than the average family income since 1981. There are also less people receiving grants and financial aid. One student said that she works because she has to support not only herself but her child as well. Another simply works so she doesn't have to ask her parents for money.
I will be able to use this piece in my mini-ethnography because it describes the reasons some students work and has facts and statistics to support the information.
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