Teen vows to study harder after food delivery stint
A 14-year-old boy in China gained a new perspective on his education after working as a food delivery rider for 20 days. The experience helped him realize the difficulty of manual labor and motivated him to focus on his studies.
Why it matters
It illustrates the use of experiential learning as a parenting tool to address academic disengagement in teenagers.
Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A TEENAGER in Zhejiang, China, learnt the hard way that being a food delivery rider was not an easy job after trying it for 20 days alongside his father, China Press reported.
Xiao Hao, 14, reportedly lost his temper at his father when being nagged about his studies and said: “I might as well deliver food for a living.”
Instead of arguing with his son, the father, Hao Jie, 40, decided to let the teenager experience the job himself.
Hao Jie agreed to ferry his son around on an electric motorcycle but allowed him to accept orders, plan routes and manage his earnings.
The boy discovered that it was uncomfortable to ride a motorcycle in the height of summer, deal with his phone overheating and had his earnings docked for late deliveries.
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