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Let kids be kids. And don’t abuse child labor to “marginally bring down prices”.

SoftTalker 4y ago
A 15/16 year old is not really a kid. He or she is a young man or woman. They still have growing and learning and maturing to do but they can start taking on some adult responsibilities such as earning their own spending money, learning to be punctual and follow directions, etc.
- Spivak 4y ago
  Yes and that's called a summer job. If high school was structured more like college where it's part-timeish it would be less of an issue but as it stands it's more than a full-time job and stacking on another job is silly.
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    College is a full time thing if you are taking a full load. You just spend less time in class and more time in the library studying. It was much easier for me to work 40 hours a week in high school than in college because high school was just show up to class and college required a lot more time to study. High school has lots of in class time but homework is pretty easy to get done in class and it isn’t such a drain. I still like the idea of making high school more like college, but it would still be a full time thing.
    - Spivak 4y ago
      Seriously, what high school did you go to? I took over a full-load every semester and it was infinitely easier than high school even with a 29hr/wk part time job (at 30 they had to give you healthcare). The classes were easier, there was less homework, I could get wasted every weekend. We still joke about how all our teachers would tell us "college is gonna be a lot harder than this." I used to involuntarily fall asleep in the shower because I was so tired in high school.
      - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
        Bothell high school in the Seattle area. It was considered a good high school, I got two years of calculus and physics out of it. I went to the university of Washington after (also considered a good university, a bit hard to get into), and it was shockingly hard compared to my high school experience. I could easily do 40 hours a week during high school (although the last two months before I turned 18, Washington state instituted a new law that stopped me from working so much), while I discovered the need to cut back a lot in university.

A 15/16 year old is not really a kid. He or she is a young man or woman. They still have growing and learning and maturing to do but they can start taking on some adult responsibilities such as earning their own spending money, learning to be punctual and follow directions, etc.

Spivak 4y ago
Yes and that's called a summer job. If high school was structured more like college where it's part-timeish it would be less of an issue but as it stands it's more than a full-time job and stacking on another job is silly.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  College is a full time thing if you are taking a full load. You just spend less time in class and more time in the library studying. It was much easier for me to work 40 hours a week in high school than in college because high school was just show up to class and college required a lot more time to study. High school has lots of in class time but homework is pretty easy to get done in class and it isn’t such a drain. I still like the idea of making high school more like college, but it would still be a full time thing.
  - Spivak 4y ago
    Seriously, what high school did you go to? I took over a full-load every semester and it was infinitely easier than high school even with a 29hr/wk part time job (at 30 they had to give you healthcare). The classes were easier, there was less homework, I could get wasted every weekend. We still joke about how all our teachers would tell us "college is gonna be a lot harder than this." I used to involuntarily fall asleep in the shower because I was so tired in high school.
    - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      Bothell high school in the Seattle area. It was considered a good high school, I got two years of calculus and physics out of it. I went to the university of Washington after (also considered a good university, a bit hard to get into), and it was shockingly hard compared to my high school experience. I could easily do 40 hours a week during high school (although the last two months before I turned 18, Washington state instituted a new law that stopped me from working so much), while I discovered the need to cut back a lot in university.