普通の高校生がマックドナルドで働いて単位を取るのはいいかどうか分かりませんけど、中退した成人にとして役に立つかもしれないと思います。成人になって学校に戻るのは難しいですから。高校生はマックで働くのではなく大学の入学のために勉強する方がよくて、中退した成人はマックで働いた後で卒業証書を得て新しくて面白い仕事をみつけられたらもちろんいいと思います。

Good question, Javizy.

In Japan, compulsory education consists of elementary school and junior high. High school is NOT mandatory, so everyone has to pass an entrance exam to get into high school. To graduate high school, you simply get enough credits that each school designates. University is the same. You take an entrance exam to get in and graduate when you have obtained enough credits. After high school, we can also choose to go to vocational school (2 years) to learn marketable skills or go to a two-year university.

Back to the paid learning though. I managed an English conversation school out of my parents’ home all through high school and college. I also had many interpreting and translation jobs in college. What I learned through those jobs — be it technical skills, people skills or management skills — were much more useful to me than schoolwork when I got out into the REAL WORLD. I think everyone should work at least part-time while they are still in school. Credit or no credit!