Sincere question: can they work? Does anywhere hire high-school aged kids for work that isn’t non-trivial/grunt work?
If the goal is to not waste their time I can’t imagine working a casual job is more stimulating than being in a classroom. Maybe a year working casually would inspire them back to school the next year?
You learn real world skills, the value of a dollar, work ethic, business processes, and get to build relationships and network with people of varied ages, unlike school.
Not really about wasting their time, its about wasting their time at school and the likely drugs theyll take up if it continues long enough.
I saw a lot of kids go on to higher education only to mostly waste it. They were there because their parents made them, not because they wanted to be there.
I worked for a year before going to uni, after that, I really wanted to be there. Working sucked. I wanted a better job. When I hit uni, I was extremely motivated to learn.
Sincere question: can they work? Does anywhere hire high-school aged kids for work that isn’t non-trivial/grunt work?
If the goal is to not waste their time I can’t imagine working a casual job is more stimulating than being in a classroom. Maybe a year working casually would inspire them back to school the next year?