Chapter 2 "Earning and Learning; Are Students Working Too Much?"

Kramer article "Earning and Learning: Are students Working Too Much?" talks about students working too much and affecting their learning. He blames colleges and aid offices for the problem that students are working too much. He believes that the raise of college tuition and the aid offices giving less and less grants to students force them to find a job; over working themselves with school work and duties. As he states "So the aid offices expect students to cover a large percentage of their budgets through earnings.."(62). From my own experiences I believe Kramer's arguments are valid. I’m only taking five classes and sometimes I feel over scheduled to a point where I forget important events. I’m currently unemployed and the fact that I took loans makes me want to get a job, which would lead me to a really stressing scheduled. Many students who have a job and attend to school don’t have time to socialize or join extracurricular activities. I believe students can become successful if they weren’t over load with school work.