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> what makes you think having a part time job means you aren't going to finish school? from my experience those who worked as teens are much more productive to the market

Maybe observation? Didn't you read what I posted above?

They're only "part-time jobs" because the state prevents them from becoming full-time jobs. If the state allows them to work full-time, once they're hired, the manager will pressure them to work full-time ... even if that means quitting school.

Employers looking for low-wage, low-skill employees often seek out high schoolers, because many of them are desperate for funds that their families cannot provide.

When I was in college, I worked in fast food. I got to see kids too young to legally work somehow working and doing tasks that were illegal for under-18s. I also knew and worked with some home schooled students ... who were by far the best workers for their age. The underage work permits were required to be posted on the office wall, and I don't ever recall seeing one with the public school stamp for a home schooled worker.

I also saw the kids who worked to pay for gym and lab supplies that their parents could not afford. Frequently, the manager would schedule them for trainee hours and then call them in every day, including for shifts outside their legal working hours.

So I'm not talking about theory. I'm talking about things I physically observed.