RE: giving an iSeries system to each college

Isn't that usually just a single day, maybe two, called Career Day in
most schools?  I've never heard of a whole class in it.  

It's not a bad idea, but that's a lot of time devoted to something that
is not part of the No Child Left Behind initiative crap that's been
floating around for the last several years.  

I couldn't imagine any school district giving an ok for something like
this as a regular class.




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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Mac
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Subject: RE: giving an iSeries system to each college

   Once upon a time, like decades ago, some secondary education had a
class
   called "Careers" ... they'd get people to come in from various
professions
   to talk about what a normal work day is like, the kind of skills
needed,
   what lifetime continuing education needed, and so forth.  What
subjects
   you have to be good in school if you are going to be a success in
this
   profession.  What you have to get good at, which is not taught in
school,
   to be a success in that career, like integrity, inter-person
relations,
   design testing in which there's no harm if the test fails.

   In addition to having adults from various walks of life come in,
share
   earning potential, benefits, what's needed to qualify for that job,
   there's job market statistics.  So for example, if you choose to
become a
   high school drop out, then apply for a job as a janitor, how many
other
   people are competing with you to get that job, and does a drop-out
really
   qualify for that job anyway?

   Identify job markets that get closed to you if you have a police
record,
   or other kinds of bad reputations, so your horizons are more open if
you
   avoid that.  What plagarism is and what it will do to your chances of
   getting a college degree.  What can happen to you if you are caught
doing
   plagarism in the work place, such as providing your employer with a
work
   product for them to sell, that you really copied from a competitor.

   There was also statistics on availability of jobs in general, what
kinds
   of jobs being replaced by technology (I guess nowadays by off
shoring),
   how many kids major in _______ some subject in college, because
that's
   their favorite subject, and find the job market there is microscopic
   compared to the qualified people.

   The class also benefited other faculty & staff who listened in, saw
what
   was important in work place today, where educational system not
preparing
   the youth.

   I have asked young people who should know & it sounds to me like that
   class is no longer offered in high school.

   Aaron wrote:

     I guess I am finding that they are very open to
     professionals coming in and telling kids

   -
   Al Macintyre
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlMac
   http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac
   BPCS/400 Computer Janitor ... see
 
http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html