IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN
GENERAL TRIAS, CAVITE
ABBYGAIL E. LOMAT
CHARMAGNE A. LOYOLA
CHONA MARIE G. VISAYA
An undergraduate thesis proposal submitted to the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, Cavite State University, Indang Cavite in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Psychology with contribution no. _________. Prepared under the supervision of Ms. Vivian D. Rogando.
INTRODUCTION “High school wasn’t a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had to provide the laugh track.” Scott Westerfeld, 2000.
They say that High School life is the most enjoyable part of being a student. However, some of the public high schools had so many students who is studying and working at the same time. What motivates students to work while studying? Can a working student balance their work and studies? Can people around working students give social support? Those questions prompted the researchers to come up with this study.
Working while enrolled is perhaps the single most common major activity among Philippines’s diverse undergraduate population (Castro, 2012) Here in our country many students studied in public high schools because of financial problem and sometimes they need to work for them to continue their studies and help their parents financially. Have you ever wondered how these high school students make it to work and studying at the same time? Everyone has an idea on what high school students do in school. But do we have an idea every time they go in their workplace? What motivates the student to work while studying? Or is there a support coming from their parents, peers, etc.? High school working students might be functional or may experience malfunction with regards to their performance in school.
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