Tom: Employers complain that people graduating from high school too often lack the vocational skills required for full-time employment. Therefore, since these skills are best acquired on the job, we should require high school students to work the skills needed for today’s job market.
Mary: There are already too few part-time jobs for students who want to work, and simply requiring students to jobs for them.
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