what to tell students and parents careers without college
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What to tell students and parents
Careers Without College
Kids
Schools
Jobs
Success
Seniors Class of 2009(age 18) 2021 (age 30)
Juniors Class of 2010(age 18) 2022 (age 30)
Sophs Class of 2011(age 18) 2023 (age 30)
Freshmen Class of 2012(age 18) 2024 (age 30)
KDG Class of 2021(age 18) 2033 (age 30)
I am …
I live in …
I work at …
But
What If
I
Don’t Want To
Go To
College??
HOW DO WE
MAKE IT
HONORABLE
TO SAY
I DON’T WANT TO
GO TO COLLEGE?
Artistic
Athletic
Social
Make-it, Fix-it
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SENIOR GIFT1.What are you good at?
StrengthsTalentsAptitudesAbilitiesSkillsAssets
2.What could you do with those strengths out in the world?
Name four or five jobs/careers you could realistically aspire to given the strengths you have.
3.Are you smart?
Wrong Questions
Should I go to college?
What college should I go to?
Right Questions
What are my strengths, talents, abilities, aptitudes, assets, interests?
What do I want t do in life? Where do I want to go? What do I want to be?
AND THEN….
Do I need college as a means to get there?
“EVERY KID SHOULD HAVE IT DRUMMED INTO
THEIR HEAD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
COLLEGE.”
-Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm quoted in the Detroit Free Press March 16, 2004
“A HIGHSCHOOL DIPLOMA
IS A TICKET TO
NOWHERE…”
-Jim Ballard, Executive Director, Mich. Assn. of Sec. School Principals
Kalamazoo Gazette, Oct. 12, 2005, p. A2
FOUR PROPOSITIONSNow and in the foreseeable future there are
lots of good jobs out there that don’t require a B.A.
There’s too much push in our society and in our schools to funnel all kids into college.
Too many in college don’t know why they are there or where they are going.
It’s wrong to tell high school students that all good jobs require a B.A.
THREE CONSIDERATIONSIf high school were more useful
fewer would have to go on to college
Too many use college as a very expensive form of career exploration
Could schools become proud of the number who don’t have to go on to college?
“We’ve done a
great job in
this country of
taking the
dignity out of
a lot of work.”NASB National Conference
75-80%High School
OrHigh School +
_______________________20-25%
B.A.Or
B.A. +
HAVESKILLS
WILLTRAVEL
JOBS/CAREERSHIGH SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL+ALL THE ENTREPRENEURSHIPSALL THE TRADESSALES AND SALES REPSHOSPITALITY AND TOURISMMANUFACTURINGARMED SERVICESINTERNET START-UPSPOSTAL SERVICE+RADIO AND TELEVISIONBOTTOM RUNG LEARNING
HOW TO TELL KIDS AND PARENTSSay it out loud: You don’t need a B.A. for some
great careers. Don’t go to college, go to work.Talk about local and national successful people
without a BACreate pictorial displays of local and national
successful people with a BACreate pictorial displays of books and magazines
cited in today’s handoutConfront the bias that says college bound kids are
better than non-college bound kidsInvite in community speakers who do not have a
BATell them the alternatives: jobs right out of high
school, military service; you can always go to college later if you want to
Do a job fairDo programs similar to the program being done
here todayRevamp the C.O.
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