[glowworm]

Perhaps, it is the section of the Country that wouldn't do this.. Since my granddaughter worked through the Holiday season lugging incoming merchandise in a K-Mart.. (heavy sweaty work..).. I guess she, (Junior in High School and a College bound A+ student) is not typical of the average child, you say. (I always have believed that , thanks for the confirmation of my opinion +++).

[Tempest]

Well your granddaughter sounds like someone to really admire and you sound like a proud grandparent. Congratulations.

But I would assume that here job at K-mart paid at least minimum wage if not slightly above that and was a local job that didn't require her to drive out to some farming community out in the middle of nowhere in order to recieve wages that are typically below minimum wage. Although I must digress and confess that a guest worker program would most likely force employers to pay a more competative wage.