Life as a university student is very busy. Despite this, many students work part-time. The Argus wondered what kind of part-time jobs HUFSans hold and what the good and bad points of working as a part-timer are. Four HUFSans shared their own experiences with The Argus.

Oh Se-jeong, Korea, Dept. of Mongolian’17

Now, I am doing a part-time job at the family restaurant that is close to my house. When I make some mistakes and cause harm to my clients, I feel stressed. Sometimes I feel that my clientes do not respect me. And I work on the weekend, so there are some limitations on my daily life. I cannot hang out with my friends and cannot spend time for myself when I want to. Lately, however, when I get a salary I feel it is worthwhile. On this payday, I ate out with my family and I paid for the wonderful dinner!

Lee Suk-kyeong, Korea, Turkish and Azerbaijani ‘15

Cafes and academies are the places where I worked my part-time jobs. I worked as an assistant in an academy. There, I made many kinds of friends and experienced how society works. However, every coin has two sides. I had some difficulties when I worked. I had to manage my eating time. I even heard, “Thirty minutes is not enough time to eat?” It was so stressful that I did not want to go there. But with the students, I enjoyed what I did. When I went there again after I quit my job, I was surprised! They all remembered and welcomed me.

Kim So- yeon, Korea, Business Administration Division ‘15

My part time jobs were all related to English. I did private lessons, and I taught students at an academy. I loved to do private lessons because the time I spent with my students was lovely and sharing my knowledge was great. However, going to the place we studied was so tough. It was time consuming and expensive. But because of my job, I got to know about money. Different from what I thought, earning money on my own is hard and tough. I hope I can do other kinds of part-time jobs like cleaning the windows at Lotte World.

Gwak Ji- hyeon, Korea, Division of International Studies ‘16

I work part-time at a restaurant named “Roll & Pasta.” It is a fusion version of the restaurant called “Gimbap Heaven.” The most difficult and hardest part is dealing with rude customers. Some discourteous customers treat me like a servant. Some speak carelessly and make me deal with tiny things, just because I am a part-timer. However, since I work at a gimbap restaurant, I am able to make gimbap very well. I feel truly awesome when customers say the food was sincerely delicious upon leaving the restaurant.

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By Park Beom-ju, Jeon Nu-ri Cub Reporters