Its 18 in
Spain, France, Germany, Italy Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Sates, etc etc
What’s going on?
2007-01-22 01:42:39 · 26 answers · asked by speedball182 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
well, looks like the US is just as bad as us!
2007-01-22 01:49:01 · update #1
Its just most of my friends went out to work at 16, I was like, screw that man, I’m going get high and pi55 around for another two years.
when learning at 17/18, you become a bit more respectful of the knowledge that people hold.
I got to have fun and learn about the word through articulate and intelligent people.
Most of my mates learnt about the world from builders, hairdressers and scumbag coke head office people.
I only stayed in school another two years after them and I earn £8k more than them.
There is too many thick people out there.
Its pissing me off.
2007-01-22 01:56:40 · update #2
You people are plonkers.
when i say a job, i mean a job. not a paper round!
i'm talking full time work 38 hrs +, with taxes and all.
how can they pay tax yet not have the right to choose how it is spent!
2007-01-22 01:59:45 · update #3
didn't you hear the government is thinking of raising the school leaving age to 18.
2007-01-22 01:47:26 · answer #1 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who are we...?
I know you must not be talking about america because you said ... Its 18 in
Spain, France, Germany, Italy Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, (UNITED STATES), etc etc
and even then thats not true people can start work at 16 but its only around 4-8 hours a week 17 its anywhere from 1 - 40 hours a week 18 full time
2007-01-22 01:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by HEY HOW ARE YA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd guess you haven't done much travel to other cultures where working children are extremely common. Besides, in most states, the work age is 18 unless you get a signed permission slip to begin work at 16.
For some kids, working at 16 is a better alternative than not being in the top popular level in high school. Most kids don't have happy high school years or go to parties. Work can fill that gap and provide them with a social setting that school simply can't.
2007-01-22 01:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by hawkthree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can work at 14 in Australia. You used to be able to leave school at the end of year 10 (15), they've just put it up to year 11 and next year it will be year 12 (some states have already moved it to year 12.). 16 & 17 year olds can only leave school if they have a job that includes training or an apprenticeship
2007-01-22 01:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Skippy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like learning the basics of having a job at a young age and sometimes a child needs that extra money.
By the way, it's 14 in the US and it's not like they're subject to hard labor. It's usually just menial office nonsense: copying papers, typing stuff, etc. When I was 14, all I did was fill out forms by what the nurses dictated to me on their rounds, refill water jugs for the patients, and answer phones within the hospital.
2007-01-22 01:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started working at 13 years old in the United States.
2007-01-22 01:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by Unique 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
School leaving age is going up to 18 in the UK soon, you will still be able to leave at 16 but only if you have got a job.
2007-01-22 01:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by Alicat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given that it's, like, one in most of Africa, India, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Middle East. I'd say we were doing pretty well. And 16 year olds in the US aren't supposed to have jobs that are dangerous or that interfere with their schooling, as to that poor kid in Thailand who sewed together your Nikes for 17 cents a day and won't ever get to go to school.
2007-01-22 01:46:36 · answer #8 · answered by 2Bs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn't true. Get your facts straight.
Edit: "how can they pay tax yet not have the right to choose how it is spent!"
Excuse me, but whenever a person buys something they pay a tax on it, age having nothing to do with it. Do you suggest a five year old be allowed to vote because he paid tax on that bit of candy? I know you're speaking of paying taxes on wages earned, but paying taxes is paying taxes.
"I got to have fun and learn about the word through articulate and intelligent people."
Seems you could stand to meet a few more of them. No offense.
2007-01-22 01:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
16?! My daughter just turned 12 and I already helped her get her first job. It's only a paper route but I had my first outside of home job at 13. I think it's a really good way to teach your children how to be responsible. Not sure why other's wait. I don't think we have to wait until 16...it can be whenever they can get a SIN card.
2007-01-22 01:47:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have had a job since I was 16. I wanted a job to make extra money, my parents did not force me to get a job.
Having a job was a privilege. If my grades slipped, I had to quit. I made A's all through school and graduated high school with honors.
2007-01-22 01:48:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋