School is harder than average adult life

Which is why schools should have a mandatory course in that instead of having tests about ancient Greece and Rome.

UPS has 11-7 shifts. Also afternoon shift jobs. High schools start even earlier than the average full time job. And again the key difference is you are getting PAID for your effort. And college you choose the hours of all your classes with the exception final exams, those are standardized by the department. I'm a doordash driver and I don't even have set hours. Can work when I want for as long as I want, no penalties for editing or canceling shifts as needed. So I can just do noon to 9 pm if I want. Kids/teens are more vulnerable to sleep deprivation though due to needing more and having an offset rhythm due to continuing brain development. At least let then sleep in the and save their energy for any less than preferable hours careers potentially later on. Simulating hard working hour with ridiculous start times doesn't get you "used to it", it just compounds future problems, can't believe things like this actually have to be spelled out for people. A high school "Health Ed" class at 8 am is peak comedy.

But they also have universal Healthcare, minors often don't need "permission" from their parents to have their mental health concerns addressed, and actually ratified the articles of the UNCRC. Their taxes go towards all that instead of into the pockets of people who already have 10^11+ dollars (oh look scientific notation came in handy!), BTW where did I once state that this is a US-specific problem? Lack of children's Healthcare rights, definitely, but with school issues it varies from state to state and then from country to country. Guess the cost of college in most European countries...

I feel... School is easier... It isn't too hard, and well, I'm not gonna lie, it's easier than staying on cc social

Of course lol, in this economy, good luck affording rent! Nothing wrong with saving money. People moving out at 17-18 financially strapping themselves for the sole purpose of virtue signaling isn't always the best life strategy. Record number of people who work full time but choose to live out cars and vans to bank money. High paying jobs are scarce these days. You can't even find single room rentals for under $1000 anymore.

Not that much higher lol, I payed $2500 on $13K income last year (wasn't working the entire year straight), and when you add in SS/medicare/Union dues/401k contributions/payment into Healthcare plans at regular jobs, you're lucky to take home half your paycheck. At least in Canada/Europe those taxes make your hospital visits FREE instead of putting people in 6 figure debt, instead of still paying absurd taxes as a middle class person, and then not even getting your money's worth...irony...public schools are one of the tax funded things, so we pay extra taxes to make kids lives more miserable! You cant say anything about other countries taxes being worse until we start taxing the top 10% a good 70-80% with no exemptions, and give the biggest breaks to the middleclass.

Fair enough, but it's more the lack of the other autonomy and basic adult rights in addition to the stress of school that make it harder. An adult has the chance to find a job they like, the freedom to make their own money and do things without having to also constantly deal with potentially overbearing/controlling parents, or having adults sign off on even basic medical/mental Healthcare for them. No matter how stressful your day job is, you are free to drive home and then throw the world's biggest tantrum in private, or go out into town to relieve your stress, or even just drive for fun like I do, but the main thing is that "protected" aspect isn't really true in the US. Maybe I'm slightly biased because my school was harder than average, (but I chose it willingly due to STEM interest, other parents pick schools for their kids without input from them).