okay, it's a good option if you want/need work and you're a highschooler. I guess we could debate whether it is a good thing for a highschooler to have a job in the first place. that's going to depend on the situation. if you're working tons of hours to support your family instead of keeping up in school, that's going to hurt your long-term prospects. if you're working a couple shifts a week so you don't have to ask your parents for $20 to go to the movies with your friends, I'd say that's an important step towards independence. you learn a lot of stuff at a shitty job that you can't learn in school.