托福寫作題目思路拓展：青少年學生打工

　　In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea?Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

　　寫作思路展開結構分析

　　這道題目大家首先要注意審題。題目中說的是teenager而不是college students。Teenagers have jobs，這顯然是一個BAD idea。Teenager，意指十幾歲的孩子——16歲或者18歲以下(18歲以上就是adult了，16、7的孩子往往被稱之為 young adults。雇用童工(Employing children labor)目前在很多國家是非法(illegal)的。也違反國際兒童保護條約(International Children Act )。允許雇用童工，或存在童工現(xiàn)象，都是一個國家落后愚昧的表現(xiàn)。所以大家不要說teenager打工可以鍛煉自我，teenager需要的是接受教育，健康成長，也不要說teenager打工可以認識社會，teenager還不具備足夠的心理承受能力(psychological endurance)，過早步入社會 (early exposure to the real world)，只能導致世界觀、價值觀(out look of world, value, etc.)的扭曲(deteriorated; distorted)。

　　本話題高分范文賞析

　　People who oppose the idea of students taking part time jobs say that students should use their time to focus on exclusively on studying. I would argue instead that part-time jobs helps students focus on their studies, provides valuable practical experience, and allows them a feeling of success and independence that is a perfect complement to their academic pursuits.

　　A popular criticism of schools is that they are "ivory towers," or places where study and research are divorced from the "real world". A part-time job related to their major gives students an exciting chance to apply the theories they have learned in school. Chemistry is a notoriously abstract, boring, difficult subject. When a student takes a part-time job in a medical research lab, however, he/she might discover how important studying Chemistry is for saving people's lives. This student might then return to his/her Chemistry studies with renewed vigor. What was an abstract academic pursuit becomes a concrete and interesting goal with a real relationship to the student's life.

　　Part-time jobs also help students strengthen their resumes, build important contacts with companies, and familiarize them with the contemporary state of their respective fields. No matter how hard they try, Computer Science textbook publishers cannot keep up with the rapid development of new computer hardware, software, and programming languages. C.S. students who wish to maintain a competitive edge in the job market should find part-time positions where they can learn state-of-the-art techniques. After they graduate from college, they might then return to their part-time employer to look for a full-time position, or approach other employers with good references and cutting-edge work experience.

　　Finally, the feeling of success that comes from holding a part-time job can build students' confidence. Knowing that they can do a job well and be paid for it is an important character-building experience that many students put off for too long. Learning to manage the money that they make will be a critical part of their future lives. If they make mistakes handling their money in college, the results will probably not be disastrous, but will teach them valuable lessons that they will be sure to remember in the future, when they will be truly independent.