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I detasseled for five years in Michigan, for Pioneer seed corp. Started the summer when I was 13 for $3.35 per hour, and the last season I was 17, a supervisor, making $9.50 per hour. I'm white, American, US-born, etc - you know "too lazy to do the hard work that Mexicans do". Instilled a work ethic that is with me to this day - and now I'm 33 and making six-figures a year.

Today's American teenagers will never learn that lesson, because "Juan" is out there doing the job - for $3.35 probably.

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"Today's American teenagers will never learn that lesson, because "Juan" is out there doing the job - for $3.35 probably. "

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That is the story that goes untold, these are the jobs that you do as a teenager.