中学生打工是一个很时尚的话题，关于其利大还是弊大的讨论也是仁者见仁，智者见智。我认为，打工对中学生是有益的，我赞成中学生打工。
It's a very fashionable topic for middle school students to work. There are different opinions on whether it's good or bad. I think it's good for middle school students to work. I'm in favor of middle school students to work.
社会是复杂残酷的，适者才能生存。每一位中学生将来都得溶入社会，而学校与社会是有差距的。要在社会中生存，并且是很好的生存下去，必须有一个适应。而简单的打工是中学生所处的年龄已经具备了的能力，又是一个很好的走进社会的途径，因此，中学生有能力也有必要适当地打一些工。
Society is complex and cruel, only the fittest can survive. Every middle school student will have to integrate into the society in the future, and there is a gap between the school and the society. In order to survive in the society, and to survive well, there must be an adaptation. The simple work is the ability of middle school students' age, and also a good way to enter the society. Therefore, middle school students have the ability and need to work properly.
中学生固然应当以学习为重，但社会又何尝不是一间教室？培根说：“知识本身并没有告诉人怎样运用，运用的智慧在于书本之外。”在打工的过程中，中学生可以加强自己的实践能力与经验，至少可以得到一种体验。这样的学习，对于书本理论学习也是一种促进。
Middle school students should pay more attention to learning, but society is not a classroom? "Knowledge itself doesn't tell people how to use it," Bacon said. "The wisdom to use is beyond books." In the process of working, middle school students can strengthen their practical ability and experience, at least can get an experience. This kind of study is also a kind of promotion for book theory study.
打工的过程中，中学生自然而然地要跟各色各样的人进行交往。在这些过程中，中学生不得不思考如何看待眼前的问题，怎样处理好人之间的关系，等等。这不仅使中学生更加了解社会，加强实践能力，也会让中学生更加深刻地学会处世，同时提高了思维深度。
In the process of working, middle school students naturally need to communicate with all kinds of people. In these processes, middle school students have to think about how to look at the immediate problems, how to deal with the relationship between good people, and so on. This not only makes the middle school students understand the society better and strengthen their practical ability, but also makes them learn to deal with the world more profoundly and improve their thinking depth.
在许多国家，中学生打工都被视作一种理所当然的活动。我经常可以在外国作家的一些作品中看到送报送奶的少年，他们从父母那里得不到多少零用钱，却通过打工支付不少个人开支。我去年还看过一本叫《我家有个小鬼子》的书，是两位留学美国的中国人写自己在美国长大的孩子的故事的。书中讲到孩子“花钱靠自己”，看电影、买礼物送人、买书都是自己掏钱。钱从哪儿来呢？就是通过除草浇花、卖糖果、洗车等手段打工挣来的。
In many countries, it's taken for granted for middle school students to work. I can often see in some works of foreign writers that young people who send newspapers and milk can not get much pocket money from their parents, but they pay a lot of personal expenses by working. Last year, I also read a book called "there is a little devil in my family". It is written by two Chinese students studying in the United States about their children who grew up in the United States. The book says that children "spend money on their own". They pay for movies, gifts and books. Where does the money come from? It's earned by weeding and watering flowers, selling sweets, washing cars and other means.
我们经常听到中国的留学生到了国外，因为空有满腹理论知识而没有社会实践能力遭人鄙视的事件。这是与外国家庭从小让孩子打工，参与社会实践活动分不开的。可见，中学生打工是有益的。
We often hear that when Chinese students go abroad, they are despised for their lack of theoretical knowledge and social practical ability. This is inseparable from the foreign families who let their children work as children and participate in social practice. It can be seen that it is beneficial for middle school students to work.
《中国青年报》也曾刊登过一则关于某些大学生缺乏实践、交往能力以致求职应聘时屡屡碰壁，最后唯有选择重新读技校，以求通过学一门技能寻找出路的资讯调查。设想这些大学生们如果在中学阶段便打一些工，恐怕就不会有上述的尴尬了。
China Youth Daily once published a news survey about some college students' lack of practice and communication ability, which resulted in many difficulties when they applied for jobs. At last, they had to choose to re read the technical school in order to find a way out by learning a skill. Imagine that these college students would have no such embarrassment if they had worked in middle school.
当然打工也不总是好事。从媒体的报道上看到，一是某些中学生的方向不对，打工就是为了赚钱；二是某些学生急功近利，搞坏了身体；三是某些学生在打工过程中上当受骗，跳入了“火坑”。相关的实例在各种媒体上比比皆是。
Of course, working is not always a good thing. From the media reports, we can see that one is that some middle school students are not in the right direction, and working is to make money; two is that some students are eager for quick success and instant benefit, which has ruined their health; three is that some students are cheated and jump into the "fire pit" in the process of working. Relevant examples can be found everywhere in various media.
但是，我们不能因为这些弊端就对打工一概否认。我认为，只要明确目的，充分准备，加强警惕，并注意工作的度，打工对中学生就大有裨益了。
However, we can't deny all the disadvantages. In my opinion, as long as we have a clear purpose, make full preparation, strengthen our vigilance and pay attention to the degree of work, working for middle school students will be of great benefit.