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Along the high street of Krakow, roughly two in five of the university's students serve coffee, stack shelves or babysit during term time. For most, the motive is plain: rent does not pay itself. But the careers office has noticed something else — students who work a little often do better after graduation than those who never work at all, because they arrive with references, routines and a calmer attitude towards pressure.
The academic evidence is more cautious. Tracking three cohorts, the university found that grades held steady for students working up to a shift or two, and began to slip once weekly hours passed about eight hours. The pattern repeated across subjects. Employers, meanwhile, told researchers exactly what the data suggests: students who had handled customers were noticeably easier to train.
Tutors see the dark side every spring. When revision weeks arrive, students on long shifts are the first to fall behind. A student working five evenings cannot simply cancel them when essays fall due, and employers rarely shrink a schedule for an exam week. Some departments now publish guidance on negotiating hours, and a few local firms advertise "exam-friendly" contracts.
The students themselves, asked to advise freshmen, are refreshingly unsentimental. Take the job for the money and the manners, they say, but treat hours like a budget: fixed, reviewed and cut the moment the marks wobble. A till teaches patience that no lecture can. He trick is not avoiding work but sizing it, one final-year student concluded — and then went to start her Sunday shift.
Which statement best sums up the passage about Krakow?
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What does the passage about Krakow say about the number of working hours that affects grades?
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In the passage about Krakow, why do some critics question term-time part-time work?
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In the Krakow passage, what is the author's attitude toward term-time part-time work?
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In the passage about Krakow, what does the author mean by "a till teaches patience that no lecture can"?
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