Student works like a worker?

Philippines
January 29, 2011 8:07am CST
Hello, im so happy now since we are all done with our duty even if we have no salary to claim and instead we are paying for the hospital we are working.. :) and that is our on job training since im a student nurse, im working with different areas in our hospital and i enjoyed working on it since i encountered a lot of problems whether it is neuro, uro, metabolic, respiratory probems..and since were done with it, its time for us to relax and do our another assignments.. :) how about you?did you work also even i you're student?
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10 responses
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
29 Jan 11
Hi annie_ako I am student myself and in India students are not supposed to work for money. But since you were in hospital it is differnt. Here doctors after doing their theory classes for 4 and a half year do one year of internship where they have to work a lot .. though it is part of their course but during this time they are paid , though money is not much by western standards they are paid about 1000$ a month.
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
30 Jan 11
You are right natliegleb but thats Delhi for you.. costs of living is too high so pay have to be like that and nw even a class 4 in delhi govt has more than 20,000 pay.
• India
29 Jan 11
1000$ a month is a great amount it accounts to 45000 rs ,it is not a ordinary amount in india,it will take 10 years of experience to get there,even 20000rs per month is a standard salary for many people
• Philippines
30 Jan 11
ahh!! is quite different here..and i don't know if doctors here who are still have their OJT was paid for their hardworks..:)
• India
29 Jan 11
Yes i wouldnt mind to work for any firm if i get to learn something new from them, even if i have to pay for that. Later you may utilize the knowledge you have gained to earn somewhere else. The most important thing here is that you should enjoy learning new things at any stage of your life, however old you grow. I was once asked to help one of my cousins with his studies, though i didnt know anything about the subject, but i got into it, tried to understand it in a best possible manner and helped him a lot with it. Though i had to devote my free time behind that but in the end i learned much about it and later, i discovered i had a whole unit of it in one of my subjects too. So it was definitely worth it. One must never refrain themselves from learning anything new.
• Philippines
30 Jan 11
oh i see.. :) yupz its more countless, as long as i've learned something new its quite okay.. and we enjoy every moment we are on training.. :) thanks
@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
29 Jan 11
i believe that everyone who graduated from college experienced to work as a worker. This what we call On the Job Training. But many not paying instead you have been given allowance, not necessarily of the agency that you are working for but with some colleagues in that agency. After all the hardship of working without pay, people around where you work can see that and they rewarded those who are doing on the job training. It may not follow to all but i have seen that almost all agency that accept on the job training are rewarding those people, this maybe we call humanitarian reason. This is important because putting what you have learn in action is far different than just having theories
• Philippines
30 Jan 11
yeah you're right.. but unfortunately, we are paying for it and our parents had given us an allowance but its ok since we enjoy doing it.. :) and i agree to you that theories are far different when putting in action the things tat you've learned.. :)
• Pakistan
30 Jan 11
yes iam also a student. but i dont work other then my studies . no job.
29 Jan 11
Hi Annie! I suppose you are a Filipino. It was an issue before here in the Philippines that student nurses should not pay for their on the job training. Anyway, I am proud of you seeing that you enjoyed being a nurse. I think it is really a calling to help others and be happy on it. I did not work while I was studying. I am a professional student. Well, this is what they call it when parents give allowances and pay tuition fees. My parents did not want me to work just to concentrate on my engineering studies. It is good that I managed to be graduate and passed the licensure examination.
• Philippines
30 Jan 11
yupz i am a Filipino,. ohw! i see but unfortunately we are paying for our on job training.. but its ok since i enjoy it.. hehe hmp..you're already graduate and now an engineer?hmp..how nice.. congrats.. :)
• Philippines
30 Jan 11
hi there. definitely each college student has to undergo on-the-job training before they graduate because it would serve as their training grounds in preparation for the real jobs, and it is also done to check if students have learned something out of the years of theoretical lectures, and they would be able to apply it on the training. it's the same thing with all the courses as well. my mom told me when they had experienced this on during their days, they were still provided with little allowance for their work done. but i don't think that still implies today, due to economical problems or issues. it's seemed like just a voluntary work now. so that would only be it. and i'm glad to hear you've accomplished the hours for your training, and looking forward to your other school works. see you around!
• United States
29 Jan 11
We do. We students have to pretty much a full time job. We have to attend classes, study, and we have to get good grades/marks and do a good job or we get kicked out of the school that we are in. We have to abide by the school rules, and we have to do what we need to do. I used to work while going to school, but it got to be too much for me. I am now in now nearing my last year of school and I have so much school work that I really don't have time for a part time job.
• United States
30 Jan 11
I attended a medical internship many years ago and learned a great deal. It too did not pay but it was part of my obligatory course work so I had to do it. However, before my course work was done I was hired there so I found it to be a double reward, the free experience and then later to work and get paid.
@fpsninja (874)
29 Jan 11
I am a student, at university, and not only do i study for my tests and exams at univesity, but i also have a paid work. I go to university 9-5 during the week (sometimes i stay later until around 9pm or so to get the work done). But then, on top of this, I work on saterdays. The money i get then goes onto food and transport to, and from, and whilst at university. I use the cash i get online to treat myself to the other things, such as games online, or dvds, and stuff like that.
@Marmot (590)
• United States
29 Jan 11
Yes. I work while I am still a student. My major is Electrical Engineering and I do works in the lab of my boss. Usually, my boss separate his researches into parts in give to us. And we work as real workers in the lab, doing circuits design, simulations, and modulations. Finally make a whole work which is fits all the demands. So, I think I am already a worker now.