When I was in high school, we had a program called DE (Distributive Education). I went to school half a day and worked half a day and all day Saturdays at a clothing store doing bookkeeping and cashiering. That was in the pre-computer era (sounds really old, huh?) when books were kept by hand. I can't imagine doing some of the things I did then now, like
walking 3 city blocks to take the previous day's receipts to the bank in just a plain ole bank bag.
Didn't think a thing of it back then.
We didn't get paid for our grades, either....we were just expected to keep them up. Or else!