This study appraised the Challenging
experiences of Senior High School working students. This
qualitative phenomological study determined the
academic performance of the respondents and described
the challenging experiences encountered by the senior high
school working students. The researcher used the
qualitative design in this study specifically using case
study. In this study, focus group discussion was used as a
qualitative approach to gain an in depth understanding of
social issues. By using thematic content analysis method,
outcomes have been processed and revealed that working
students can gain a lot of various benefits from working
while studying. However, most students feel that having
these jobs can distract them from their studies. The
academic performance of the respondents depends on how
the working students handle their time-management. This
study concludes that the challenging experiences
encountered by the respondents along time-management,
are: lack time for working on activity that they are always
late in submitting their prepared activity. In terms of their,
academic performance, they are having passing grades but
low.
Keywords : Challenging Experiences, Working Students, Phenomenological Study, Polangui North District, Polangui, Albay.