It's clear to me from working with my team that starting a business is good for high school students. It builds a lot of self-confidence and helps them learn initiative and skills that will serve them well in the future. If you told some high school sophomores they were about to learn how to calculate gross profit, they might not be very interested. But when you ask, "How much money can you take home after you sell your products this winter?" they're engaged. They immediately start figuring it out because they can see how the question is relevant to them, and they're confident they can find the answer.
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