TO WORK OR NOT TO WORK – Instructor Resource #2
GRADE 10 LESSON 2
WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CONSIDERING A PART-TIME JOB: SAMPLE
Row
#1
Per week
How many waking hours are available to
me?
Info to Calculate
7 x 24 = 168
Total Hours
112
Total hours of sleep = 56
(based on 8 hours a night)
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
How many hours are spent in school?
How many hours are spent doing homework
and studying?
How many hours are spent in sports, include
practices and games?
How many hours are spent on other extracurricular activities?
How many hours are spent in family
activities?
How many hours are spent with friends
and/or doing leisure activities?
168 – total hours sleep = 112
Full-time student
Part-time student
(example)
Based on 2 hours a night/ 5
nights a week
Based on a football player
2 hours a day practice
4 hours on game day
Based on one club
membership
add 1 hour a week for every
additional club
Church = 1 hour
35
25
10
12
1
1
Family dinners = based on ½
half hour a day
3.5
Other family time = watching
movies, going bowling,
visiting family members
Dating = based on one date a
week
3
Outing with friends = based
on once a week
3
3
#8
Total hours already being used?
Hobbies/leisure time a week
Add Rows # 2 thru 7
3
74.5
#9
Hours left available to work?
Subtract Row # 8 from #1
37.5