Because it's a Land Rover

I think it very much depends on the degree, the student and the living/travelling situation. For example, when I did my degree I lived at home, but with three hours travelling each day, it didn't leave much time for working. But one of my son's stacked shelves at the local supermarket while doing his degree, although I suspect he would have got better marks without this.
Degrees (or particular parts of them) requiring extensive laboratory or field work or even library research make working a job at the same time difficult, and some require work as part of the degree - engineering comes to mind.

John

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Originally Posted by DarrenR

For the ones that believe it's too hard to work and do uni. My good woman did her Accountants degree (whatever it's called *shrugs*) while looking after 2 kids (three if you include me), doing the bookwork for my business, doing the bookwork for the local high school and she still fast tracked it (whatever it's called) and finished it early with honours. So for a teenager that lives at home with the support of parents I really see no problems with having a part time job.

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The reason for that is when you have a certain amount of time to do a certain amount of stuff you get on and do it. So whether you have heaps to do or you have little to do IMHO it takes the same amount of time. It is just the person with heaps to do aquires better time management skills.
It is the same when you go camping. Whether you are going for a weekend or a month the amount of gear you take will fill your available space. It's just when you go for a month your packing skills get better.