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Incidentally, I worked, illegally, at the age of 13 in multiple home-based business ventures, some not of my parents' making. Please prove to me that I was "harmed".
Thank you for admitting that you can't trust employers to skirt child labor laws.
Thank you for admitting that you can't trust employers to skirt child labor laws.
I don't follow where you are going with this. Are you talking about large corporate employers and those engaging in interstate commerce, that the federal laws target? I grew up in a state with much more restrictive laws than the federal ones. It would have been legal in some other states because it was below the annual sales amount specified in the FLSA ($500k).
Ncole, at no place did I say that a grocery store was a sweatshop.
However, I know of grocery stores that skirt child labor laws.
I have also worked at a place that had violations, but most of them were by accident, for example, because the lower level managers did not know that meetings counted towards the maximum number of hours that could be worked. I was 18 when I worked there so it was legal.
I have also worked at a place that had violations, but most of them were by accident, for example, because the lower level managers did not know that meetings counted towards the maximum number of hours that could be worked. I was 18 when I worked there so it was legal.
As a student, it would have been work. Very hard work. Because keeping the professor who has control over your future is very hard work. Later on, once he was able to do his own thing, however ....
I certainly had a love/hate relation with grad school. Loved what I was learning, loved the environment and interaction with other students. Hated the time wasting false directions my professor sent me down because he didn't understand my topic. Hated the interminable nit picking and re-writes I had to do which were nothing more than happy to glad changes (these were the days before laser printers so every rewrite mean paying a professional typist to retype it and even a one word change meant a week getting it typed up).
k-12 is a series of tests. That is it. They have facilities for this sort of thing.
So when are parents going to help their children bypass the nonsense?
Only if they go and enter into private schools. Home schools still have tests to answer to, especially eSchool or iSchool programming. Don't get me wrong, I hate testing standards mainly because I have great recall so it was typically easy for me. Braindump on English essays based on what the essay asks on books or texts you read, math tests were just formula dumps or calculations and science and history were fact based. I recognize that isn't the case for everyone, but it was for me. I don't know what to do because we all know schools have to be held up to the standards, but the tests aren't working.
Only if they go and enter into private schools. Home schools still have tests to answer to, especially eSchool or iSchool programming. Don't get me wrong, I hate testing standards mainly because I have great recall so it was typically easy for me. Braindump on English essays based on what the essay asks on books or texts you read, math tests were just formula dumps or calculations and science and history were fact based. I recognize that isn't the case for everyone, but it was for me. I don't know what to do because we all know schools have to be held up to the standards, but the tests aren't working.
I think bypassing the nonsense can be done even if the kids have to attend the school.
However it matters if the particular kid wants to learn things or not. This did not exist when I was in school:
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