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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 m

by 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.

by Spivak 4y ago

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.