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Originally Posted by kane
I don't know if the still have it or not, but when I was in high school in the 80's they had a thing called work experience where seniors could basically take 1-2 fewer classes each semester if they had a job and the job counted as elective credits. They also offered wood shop, metals shop, auto mechanics and other trade skill classes so, in theory, when you graduated you could have some kind of skill and potentially some actual work experience to help you get a job.
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Yes they had that at my high school. I actually gamed the system and started a lawn business while I was in high school using that program. I used to take care of a lot of lawns in a old folks trailer park and the head maintenance guy used to sign all my papers for the school. I'm pretty sure the teacher knew what was up but she didn't say anything. I ended up running that business for about 10 years. I bought my first house from that business.