PM Sent: the Lived Experiences of online Seller Students in Kapayapaan Integrated School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

As everything becomes digital and fast, people are also getting busier than ever before. Things such as online selling are very helpful to minimize the time and effort of everyone, both on the part of the seller and buyer. Online selling also creates an opportunity for young people such as students to provide their own money and to lessen the burden of their parents. In this study, our main goal is to determine the possible effects of online selling to the students and how helpful it is for them as they treated it as their part-time job.

METHODS

A phenomenological research design is applied in this study. Defining phenomenological research design, it is an approach focusing on determining and describing the commonality of a lived experience within a particular group. Considering online-seller students as a particular group in a school environment, we have identified their personal experiences through interview guide questions and have conducted a personal interview to them. In addition, the students are the chosen senior high school students of Kapayapaan Integrated School in which we ask for their permission first before proceeding to the said interview.

RESULTS

The participants stated their reasons for entering the online-selling industry. Aiding their parents, to gain more experiences and to create sufficient profit for themselves to buy things that they wanted are identified as their personal reasons. As for the other effects such as to their own body, the participants encountered less stress and tension to their physical and mental health because it is only their part-time job and they are more independent on managing their time.

DISCUSSIONS

The results presented how helpful online-selling is. Unlike other part-time jobs such as being a fast food chain crew, being an online seller requires less effort while providing profit for self-reliant learners. An unavoidable limitation of this study is veryclear. Since it is qualitative research, the participants can only range to a lesser number such as only ten participants.