LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this lesson, you will learn to use Chinese to 1. Review your monthly income and spending patterns; 2. Talk about how you balance your personal budget; 3. Name some possible reasons to work part-time while in school; 4. Discuss the pros and cons of working part-time while in school; 5. Describe what you dislike or what bothers you. RELATE AND GET READY In your own culture/community— • Are parents expected to provide their children with financial support for college? * Do teenagers and college students often take on part-time jobs? * Do people generally have savings in the bank? • Is it easy to apply for student loans? I I 1.1 have a part-time job. I I 2.1 think work-study jobs are a good idea. Q 3.1 think working while in school detracts from academics. V___ When You Study Listen to the audio recording and scan the text. Ask yourself the following questions before you begin a close reading of the text. 1. Do Tianming's parents have the means to support their children's education? 2. Why isTianming surfing the internet? V_ LANGUAGE NOTES © T-Sr means to supply, e.g., (to supply water), but it can also mean to provide financial support, e.g., ^^-^-t-^/^^-^-t ^ (to support one's children's education), 4&-J%r^f- (to pay one's mortgage). LessonS- 4t X* 257 I I 4.! know how to find scholarship opportunities. 5.1 think student loans are nothing to be nervous about. Q 6.1 would like to save more money. 3. Is it common to find college students waiting tables in restaurants in China? 4. What kind of trouble is Lisa's roommate in? -i^J- means to leave something somewhere for safe keeping, e.g., ^#-^T-#4%/H'MMT'*H^ (to deposit money at a bank), &Mk*% #h ^-/fe-^^b ^ (to park one's car at an airport), (chaoshi) (to check one's bag in a supermarket), -te.^-^-f^^E-}]}] ^ & ^)Jffe-M A- ^ (to leave things at a friend's place). 258 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook LANGUAGE NOTES ©Public employees' salaries have been called -I- T^V^n.lft'" in mainland China since 1949. The Taiwanese equivalent is 7K/.$f-^-K- (xTnshul). Lesson 8 - Jíl 259 # #4Mt* # test* ** A 4*, #r j& it - t w * * * awr 260 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook if* JL IF: 7 , ^#ää.i ° tin «jmw/j iww, ä^u0'+jy« (A borrows money from B), it#^J^B/A#^l!^I, A |e^.^^B/A|e^#^B (A to B). LANGUAGE NOTES is short for can mean either to borrow or to lend mone y, depending on the context: A Lesson 8 • -tTi 261 © means "has not reached a certain number," "less than," e.g., wS-fl^'^^'J —^® M /f?Ll&:l$» ^'J — ^^I (have known each other for less than a month), #l^t ?P 0] 7s Sk/ZjLfe-^ (it's not yet six o'clock), ^-^-^P 51]---3fCJ0U^-^ —■^f~-7TL (the airline ticket costs less than a thousand dollars). 262 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook After You Study Challenge yourself to complete the following tasks in Chinese. 1. List the expenses that Tianming's parents try to pay for. 2. List the reasons why Tianming wants to work. Lesson 8 • iri 263 --_----■ x 3. List the financial arrangements that Lisa has made to support her college education. 4. List the part-time jobs that college students in China often take on. 5. List the behaviors that have landed Lisa's roommate in financial trouble. _______J 264 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook VOCABULARY 1. shouru n 2. # g5ng V 3. yali n 4. shou dao vc 5. lianghao adj 6. jiaoyu n/v 7. sheng V 8. cun V 9. buduan adv 10. daren n 11. m\ zheng qian vo 12. jianqTng V 13. fudan n 14. shlhe V 15. ylngxiang v/n 16. jiati'ng n 17. qude V 18. Ifngyongqian 19. jiangxuejTn n 20. jiao V 21. zhengfu ii 22. ** daikuan n/v 23. nongcun n income to provide; to support financially pressure to receive good education; to educate to give birth to; to be born to save up continuously adult to earn money; to make money to lessen burden to suit to influence; to have an impact; influence family (unit); household to obtain; to gain; to acquire allowance; spending money scholarship money to hand over government loan; to provide a loan countryside; village; rural area LessonS- #A 265 24. gongzi 25. dT 26. jiajiao 27. "1?? ^ du shu 28. # jie 29. xian 30. #^ nanchT 31. qian 32. yinhang 33. shiqing 34. guai Proper Noun 35. YTngyu n wages; pay adj low n tutor vo to attend school; to study; to read aloud v to borrow; to lend v to dislike; to mind; to complain of adj not tasty v to owe n bank n thing; matter adj (of children) obedient; well-behaved English language 1 Enlarged Characters Br Wr 4ft J3k ftff $2L v H m II I! !■ I II 1 266 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 - Textbook Higher education in China used to be free. Beginning in the late 1980s, the state started to charge tuition. Surveys in recent years have repeatedly shown that educational expenses are the largest expense in the average household's annual budget, more than savings for retirement or housing expenditures. Both need- and merit-based scholarships are available. Parents, however, remain the main source of financial support for Chinese college students. Increasingly, Chinese college students work on or off campus to offset living expenses. The most popular form of part-time employment is tutoring elementary and middle school students. Depending on the subject, the work can be quite lucrative, especially musical instrument instruction. Some college students work in sales, do creative work such as graphic design, or engage in translation services. Lessons* #i 267 Grammar 1. Directional Complements Suggesting Result By definition, directional complements have to do with direction. For instance, signifies movement toward the speaker; _t- indicates upward movement, and so on. However, many directional complements do not actually deal with direction in a literal sense, but rather suggest a result or state of being. In this lesson, we have directional complements that express result. O jyMiitW, Wf^Wff—AT (They hoped that their two children would get a good education. Therefore, they started to save for their educational expenses as soon as the children were born.) Here, implies detachment or separation of one thing from another. Similarly, we say (tear a piece of paper from a notebook), M+M (qie) f*^i (cut a slice off a watermelon), etc. (Every year at the beginning of the school year, [my] family still has to come up with a lot of money.) signifies the emergence of something from a hidden place into the open or a change from having nothing to having something: (Tell us your problem; get it out in the open. We will help you solve it.) (I could tell that he got angry.) 268 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 * Textbook (Come up with a good name for the child.) etc., all can convey result. It is important to understand the meaning of these directional complements when they are used in this sense. Try to memorize them together with their preceding verbs. 2. Connecting Two Verb Phrases When-2^/ 7^, connects two verb phrases with the second phrase indicating a purpose, it is similar to "to," or "in order to" in English. (Everybody decided to throw a dance party to celebrate his birthday.) "5 J/*=* (I feel I'm all grown up already. I should get a job to ease my parents' burden.) (My younger sister tells me I should listen to recordings to improve my Chinese.) 3.The Dynamic Particle T (II) We have already learned that T can indicate the realization of an action or the emergence of a state. However, that does not mean that ~T is always required with completed actions, as in this lesson: Lesson 8* ŽTJ- 269 (Although Zhang Tianming's parents' income is not inconsiderable, sending Tianming and his sister to college creates some financial pressure. They hope that their children will receive a good education. Therefore, from the time the children were born they started saving for their education.) In the above passage, tře m *ét tMbW § ° is a completed event. However, it is presented as part of the background information to the main narrative, il ^ f # A T ÍÍÍ/it B^M W f ^ f M T . That is why the verb # does not take T . C 1 ' 4. Rhetorical Questions Rhetorical questions are interrogative in form, but the speaker is really emphasizing a point rather than asking a real question for which an answer is expected, for example, (He didn't review at all yesterday. How could he get a hundred on the test?) The speaker is saying of course there's no way he could get a full score. The sentence is affirmative in form but negative in meaning. 270 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook 6 #.&ä#TjMM&#Y« &MM^täMM$M£M> (He's been studying chemistry for three years. Are you telling me he can't solve such a simple problem?) The sentence is negative in form, but emphatically positive in meaning: "Surely, he should know how to solve the problem!" Generally speaking, rhetorical questions that are affirmative in form carry an emphatically negative meaning; rhetorical questions that are negative in form carry an emphatically positive meaning. For more examples, see the following two sentences from this lesson: (How come she doesn't give any thought to how hard it is for her parents to earn money?) The speaker means that she should think about this issue. 0 (Who doesn't know you are an exemplary child?) [Everyone knows that you're an exemplary child.] 5. Adverb T "^T is employed in colloquial speech to lend force to a statement. You can leave out without changing the meaning, but the tone of voice will be weakened: o (I would never be able to do a thing like that, not me.) Lesson 8 • fri 271 (Next month there will be a Chinese speech contest. The teacher is asking you to go.) (Not me! I get tongue-tied as soon as I get in front of a crowd.) # it A % i± aft n * ^ ♦ # i& # i o o ? (Didn't you say that you would be able to ace this class without any preparation?) B: #JS'j flf& 0 A^HLVUt ° (Nonsense. Not me, 1 never said that.) Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook Words & Phrases A. JE-^7 /B^fl (pressure) is a noun, often appearing in patterns such as (I didn't do well on the exam and I'm worried that my mom will be mad. I feel a lot of pressure.) (This time I'm taking the entrance exam for graduate school and my advisor has given me a lot of pressure.) l&Jt i (The economy is doing really badly this year. I can't find a job and this puts a lot of pressure on me.) B. ±®\ (to receive) is often followed by the below abstract nouns, which are usually qualified as indicated by brackets below, e.g., ds^S'J %. &*})$fc$L/%5L3$L (receive [everyone'sl welcome); 3C "W (receive [a very good] education); &))Mvfa (receive [the teacher's] influence). Lesson 8- 4tji 273 ------1 \ C. (to lessen) V_,____.__.__> is generally followed by an abstract noun, e.g., iMiM- Ik ^$1 J0L (to lessen the burden), WJ$$.]St:J3 f&fej-jLJ] (to alleviate the pressure), ^ (to lessen the pain). (The students wish that the teacher would assign them less homework so as to lighten their burden.) (Now that he's found a job, he feels a load has been taken off his shoulders.) e fifeTf I^^MUft^^^ (tongku) (J &&tt7#Jr ^^^AtHfc^lA^ (tongku) ° (The doctor tried many different ways to ease his pain.) _---.—---—--•--- N D. it^/i^^ (to suit) and ^iiV^it. (suitable) V_____.___-_-.__-._.___ In Level 1 we learned ^it/^it as an adjective meaning "suitable." In this lesson we have iiLi=T", meaning "to suit." IfsLw""/ilL^cr"" is a transitive verb; in other words, it must be followed by a noun or occur in a "pivotal sentence" in which the object also serves as the subject of the following clause. Note the contrasting functions of these two words in the following sentences: (These jeans don't suit you. They might be suitable for your mom.) (This kind of furniture suits home use [more]. It's not suitable to be put in an office.) 274 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook (This major doesn't suit you. You'd better pick another major.) --—--__---_--- E.M^r/^v& (to influence or affect; influence) S___________-__„__.----' ^ nlr/ IP can be a verb: O B# 5t W ^ W-l* ■ [verb] (Not having enough time to sleep will affect one's health.) (Why don't you study? I'll sit here quietly and won't distract you.) can also be a noun and often appears in the pattern of A f^"/ B (A has an influence on B) as seen in ©: (If you don't go to the meeting, it'll affect your chances of getting a job.) F.-fMf - (to obtain) 3Mf - is also followed by abstract nouns such as ^ ^^,^/^ (hao chengji, success; a good grade), (jinbu, progress). Lesson 8- 4j -T- 275 G.tL&}/i2L£i (speaking of) To expand on a topic already mentioned, we can say *7 ° (Speaking of money, my roommate told me that her mom got angry and wouldn't give her any more money.) © a: (What are you thinking?) (I'm thinking about what classes I should take next semester.) t4*## , 4Mn m si*i&Am $4m9fp%? (Speaking of next semester's classes, can we choose not to take our school's classes?) b: UP^*^Jft****7 (Then where will you take classes?) a: +* (I want to go to China to study abroad.) 276 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 ■ Textbook (MI F-l ° r Io (I don't know if you can or not. You probably have to get permission from your advisor. You should go ask.) (I hear Zhang Tianming's cousin is a great ballplayer.) (Speaking of playing ball, should we go play basketball this weekend?) H.-m (to dislike) is a verb meaning "to dislike, to detest." It is usually followed by a clause. (My little sister dislikes the fact that the food at this restaurant is so greasy and salty.) (Xiao Lin didn't like the fact that her boyfriend was so careless. That was why she broke up with him.) (My roommate thought that working at the restaurant was too exhausting and the pay was too little, so he decided to look for a job elsewhere.) Lesson 8 • Al X. 277 I. ^ ^ A, tJC^L B (if it's not A, it's B; either A or B) This pattern is often used to enumerate two predictable scenarios: (She finds the food at the school cafeteria unappetizing, so she either orders takeout or goes out to restaurants with her classmates.) (It's really difficult to rent an apartment now. Either the rent is too expensive, or the rooms are bad. It's a real hassle.) (Those who came to the party were either classmates or friends. He knew them all.) O a: #^f##«€,^ř^^? (Do you often eat beef?) (No, we usually have either chicken or fish. "We don't eat beef.) 278 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook c-*s J. $ (How...it is!) ^____/ This is an adverb used as an intensifier in exclamatory sentences: (What a difficult thing for parents to make (enough) money!) (Little Ming, it's really cold out. Be a good boy and stay indoors. Don't go out.) (This sweatsuit is so ugly! Who'd buy it? I wouldn't take it even as a gift.) - DATE CURR. C / E NOTES £ tb( - + ) WITHDRAWAL OR DEPOSIT BALANCE S.N. 4* Tt OPER: ... 51 ;ijj> QSg) (Sg , sj..... 53 54 55 56 57 58 ■ " "V ftO ■ -1 ■' i. _m ii« i 3E> i -l .1 E) rgg) eg© J •..... ■ F) <3© 1 This is a page of a bank deposit book. LessonS- -ft" T, 279 Language Practice A. Be Your Own Bookkeeper V___J It's a good practice to list your monthly income and expenses and see if you can balance your monthly budget. Put together a hypothetical budget using the following chart. 2. iL^^t^^m^/ 4. $^ c. & tfe (zhTchu) a. J-fl-S b. Mil - $ $ 280 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook After filling out your own budget, work with a pa expenses without going into debt. a: JfttAft^M ## m m f^jtir * ? b: and ask each other if you can pay for your monthly a: #fW^# ## ^ >^T f ^Mtlf f ? b: ° If the answer is negative, ask for possible solutions. a: m4$*T%->%Mffil a: Here are some suggestions,and you can add your own two cents in #7 and #8. Pick the ones that suit your situation,and tell your partner what you plan to do. B: o Lesson 8- iri 281 (- * B. Part-Time Jobs ^___- _______) a. Locations: Work with a partner to identify some of the places where you may be able to find a part-time job. Add your own pick to #6. Ask each other if you have worked in those pi EXAMPLE: a: #A#*##4r^^*#? b: &fcriv"lHt ^Ti^-X ° or b: ^>£^*iP^t4Tig> X 9 a: #^^p4W^Ti±Jl^? b: ^/£.?MH£ 4ji±X- ° b: A^Mfe^WMt ^TitX ° b. Job titles: Work with your partner to identify the following part-time jobs. 3. 3. K/i^A 282 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook 4. ^MMM 4. 7. ^^Um^fal 7. MJ|UMlrtJ&^4£jJl Tell each other if you have done such work before. EXAMPLE: or Poll your class and see what kinds of part-time jobs your classmates have done. C. Are You Easily Distracted? Ask three to five of your classmates what may have a negative impact on their studies. EXAMPLE: You: #£Nh##^#V* You: Jerry: f ° Jerry: &^*j-$t4l~T&*fo4*t^ % I Record their answers here: Jerry BH^^^fe Jerry ftt^Xflt Naomi Naomi Classmate #1_________ Classmate #2_____________,_____ Classmate #3____________________ Share your list with a partner and see if any of the answers collected are the same.Then rank the answers and report back to the class. Lesson 8- fri 283 D. Picky! Picky! Picky! s.___) Zhang Tianming can be picky. In Lesson 2, he dislikes his bedroom being too hot, his bathroom being too small,and possibly the food in the cafeteria being unappetizing. EXAMPLE: Lesson 2 Now think back to Lesson 4 and Lesson 5. With the help of a partner, investigate why Zhang Tianming is not satisfied with his wardrobe and future job prospects. 284 Integrated Chinese - Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook r--■> E.So Predictable! V_____y Some people always do the same things, eat the same food, buy the same clothes, etc. Working with a partner, see how predictable Tianming, Lisa, Ke Lin,and Xuemei are. EXAMPLE: free time blogging/playing computer games a: %c3LvM^?£3L&)tižfá a: ^^m^'^JLU^H^ «L# £ ? 2. shopping for shoes black/brown ordering in restaurants steamed fish/beef with Chinese broccoli out on the town watching TV concert/karaoke basketball game/soccer game How about you? Are there any routines in your daily life that you wish to share? Lesson 8 • ^ri 285 C-\ F. Get to Work! V_i Ask yourself what possible reasons would make you look for a part-time job: to earn some spending money, to get work experience, to help out your family, etc. Write them down in Chinese, and mark the most important reason with an asterisk; 1. 2. Then tell your teacher and classmates why you would work part time: ^Mk%3-, 1^7^7/^7 7___ _2._ o 286 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook G. Work vs. Study __j Discuss with a partner the good and the bad aspects of working while studying in school, and list them below. « *#—A* #—xJH* # A* * —*8l*t x#-#i Based on the lists, compose a short report.Try to make it as smoothly connected as you can. ffi Good 1/2/3_ ^•XJMlTTft^- Bad 1/2/3 ^#"4% *J* Good 1/2/3 ^ A, 4tt -fc € #—ü * 45 — *& #J" X -£H% "^T *fr Bad 1/2/3 Lesson 8- X. 287 - Piny in Text Zhang Tianmfng cle fumu shouru suTran bu shao, danshi gong** Tianmfng he jiejie shang daxue, jTngjl shang haishi you xie yaii. Tamen xTwang haizi men neng shou dao lianghao de jiaoyu, suoyT haizi yi sheng xia lai^ jiu kaishT gei tamen cun® jiaoyu fei. Keshi yTnwei xue fei he shenghuo fei buduan tigao, jia li meinian hai dei lingwai na chu hen duo qian lai. Zhang Tianmfng juede zljT yTjTng shi daren le, yTnggai zhao gongzud zheng qian lai® jianqTng fumu de fudan, suoyTjiu shang wang kan kan you meiyou shihe zijT de gongzuou). Zhe shihou Lisha he Xuemei zou lejin lai. Xuemei: Zhang Tianmfng: Xuemei: Zhang Tianmfng: Lishä: Xuemei: Lishä: Xuemei: Lisha: Xuemei: Lishä: Xuemei: Tiänmfng, n! zäi wäng shang kän shenme ne? Wo xiäng dä diänr gong, shäo huä yi diänr jiä li de qiän. NT fümü de göngzuö döu hen häo, xüyäo n! qü dä gong zheng qiän ma? Dä gong hui bü hui yfngxiäng xuexi? Wo xiäng dä gong, chüle weile jiänqTng jiätfng jTngji füdän yTwäi, geng zhöngyäo de shi xiäng qüde yi xie göngzuö jTngyän. Rüguö dä gong shfjiän bü täi duö, bü hui ymgxiäng xuexf. Wö ye xiäng dä gong zheng diänr Ifngyöng qiän. NT bü shi yöu jiängxuejln ma? JiängxuejTn bü göu jiäo xuefei, wö häi shenqTng le zhengfü de xuesheng däikuän. Äi, Xuemei, Zhöngguö däxuesheng ye dä gong ma? YTqiän büyöng, yTnwei nä shfhou shäng däxue büyöng jiäo xuefei. Xiänzäi däxue shöu fei le, suöyT bü shäo däxuesheng ye xiäng bänfä dä gong zheng qiän. Zhöngguö däxuesheng yibän zäi när dä gong? Zäi cänguänr däng füwüyuän ma? Zäi cänguänr dä gong de däxuesheng ye yöu, dänshi hen shäo. Zhöngguö chengshi li yöu hen duö cöng nöngcün läi zhäo göngzuö de ren, fänguänr xThuan zhäo tarnen, yTnwei göngzT® bTjiäo dT. NT dä guo gong ma? Dä guo, wö zuö guo jiäjiäo®, jiäo YTngyü. Wö de töngxue yöude zuö fänyi, yöude guänIT diännäo. 288 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook Zhang Tiánmíng: Kán qi lai bu shao xuésheng dou shi yibian dú shú yibián dá gong zhěng qián. Lisha: Shuo dáo qián, wó de tóngwu jTntián gen wó jiě qián®. Tá shuó tá máma shěng qi le, bú gěi ta qián le. Xuěméi: Wěishénme? Lishá: Tá fúmú bá tá zhě ge xuéqT de fán qián dóu jiáo le, kěshi ta xián xuéxiáo cántTng de cái nánchT, bú shijiáo wáimái.jiú shi gen tóngxué qú fánguánr, hái jTngcháng luán mái dóngxi, luán huá qián, qián le yínháng hé xinyóngká gongsT hen duo qián. Sháng ge yuě fúmú gěi de língyóng qián, tá bú ríko® shí tián jiú huá wán le, yóu gěn mama yáo le yi xiě, hái shi bú gou. Xuěméi: Nánguái tá máma shěngqi. Ta zěnme bú xiáng xiang®, fúmú zhuán qián duo bú róngyi a? Zháng Tiánmíng: Wó kě® zuó bú chu zhěyáng de shlqing. Llshá: Shéi bú zhTdáo® ní shi fúmú de guái háizi! Háo ba, ní mán mánr zháo, women zóu le. English Text Although Zhang Tianming's parents' income is not inconsiderable, sending Tianming and his sister to college creates some financial pressure for them. They [Tianming's Mom and Dadj hope that their children will receive a good education. Therefore, from the time their children were born they started saving for their educational expenses. However, because tuition and living expenses keep rising, the family still has to come up with a lot of extra money. Zhang Tianming feels that he is already an adult and should find a job to alleviate his parents' burden, so he goes online to see if there are any suitable jobs for him. As he is doing that, Lisa and Xuemei walk in. Lisa: Tianming, what are you searching online? Zhang Tianming: I want to work so that I can spend less of my family's money. Xuemei: Your parents have good jobs. Do you need to work in order to make money? Wouldn't working affect your studies? Lesson 8 - #T X 289 Zhang Tianming: Lisa: Xuemei: Lisa: Xuemei: Lisa: Xuemei: Lisa: Xuemei: Zhang Tianming: Lisa: Xuemei: Lisa: Xuemei: Zhang Tianming: Lisa: I want to work. Besides wanting to ease my family's financial burden, T also want to gain some working experience. If I don't spend too much time working, it shouldn't affect my studies. I also want to work to make some spending money. Don't you have a scholarship? The scholarship isn't enough to cover tuition. I also applied for a government student loan. Xuemei, do Chinese college students also work? They didn't have to before. Because then they didn't have to pay for college tuition. Now universities charge tuition, so many students also try to find jobs to make some money. Where do Chinese students usually work? In restaurants as waiters? There are some students who work in restaurants, but not many. In Chinese cities there are many people from rural areas looking for jobs. Restaurants like to hire them because their wages are relatively low. Have you worked before? Yes, I have. I tutored. I taught English. Some of my classmates worked as translators or managed computers. Seems many students go to school and work part-time to make money at the same time. Speaking of money, today my roommate wanted to borrow money from me. She said her mom was upset and stopped giving her any money. Why? Her parents paid for her food this semester, but she found the school cafeteria's food inedible. She ordered takeout or she went to restaurants with classmates. She also spent money recklessly on other things, and owes the bank and credit companies a lot of money. Last month she spent the allowance that her parents had given her in less than ten days, and then asked for some more from her mother. That still wasn't enough. No wonder her mother is angry. Why doesn't she give any thought to how hard it is for her parents to make money? I would never be able to do [what she did]. We all know you're such a model child! All right, you take your time looking. We're leaving. 290 Integrated Chinese • Level 2 Part 1 • Textbook SELF-ASSESSMENT How well can you do these things? Check (v') the boxes to evaluate your progress and see which areas you may need to practice more. I can Itemize my monthly income and expenses Describe my spending habits and assess whether I'm in good financial shape State some possible reasons for students to work part-time Present the pros and cons regarding working while in school Complain about things that I dislike Very Well □ □ □ □ □ OK □ □ □ □ □ A Little □ □ □ □ □