<p>Okay, so I'm doing an article for my school newspaper on college planning and if kids are being realistic in their pursuits. I took a poll, and using that poll I came up with an average GPA of 3.03 and 40% of the kids wanting to be in politics or wanting to be business owners.
I'm wondering if this is how other schools are. I know a lot of people who want to make a difference, and I was just thinking that it seems kind of odd when you look at the portrayal of teens in the media (either completely self-absorbed and unintelligent psychos or overly aggressive college-hounds).
My questions are as follows: do these results match your school's profile, do you think that our generation is more equipped to handle the future, and are you personally taking steps to ensure future success (-what are they)?
I'm just trying to get some ideas for my article. I've already written it, but I want to be able to add in how our school and its students compare to others.</p>
<p>I actually think that those results would match some of the kids at my school. Honestly, I believe there would be more doctors and lawyers than anything else, but business and politics are two field that are rapidly growing.</p>
<p>At my school, almost everyone has no idea what they want to do, but for those who do, girls want to be nurses (so cliche!) and guys want to be engineers.</p>
<p>im a politik xD not at our school, our school is very 'teen' And yes its true we are not ready to handle the future but thats the way it is. Because the future is always governed on instincts and not on logic. We make it up as we go. Ask yourself if the kids in the 20's were ready for politics?</p>
<p>And my final note. when we get out of graduate school we will be around the late 20's. The world will desperately change and etc. And the candidates who will run for public office will be the popular rich kids on myspace. </p>
<p>How history reminded us yesterday, the great leaders are rarely elected. RIP Ford. </p>
<p>Don't worry too much. I bet I'm the only student at my school who knows we can't bring our maids to college, and that we won't have anyone to prepare our meals, security to supervise us, etc. But it does worry me that I will have to learn how to drive (doesn't driving a vehicle seem scarey? Apparently they don't always work or something or they "broke down". I assume this means its out of gas but I don't know what I'll do). Does anyone else have these concerns?</p>
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And the candidates who will run for public office will be the popular rich kids on myspace.
<p>Alot of it doesn't come down to just the schools. It comes down to the students and their parents. Most parents nowadays don't care about their children's education, causing their children to not really care and lose motivation. Look at China and Japan and other Asian countries. They have the highest graduation rates, and it's because their parents push them, though it may be a little extreme :D .</p>
<p>But I do think that the schools play a critical part in it as well. Competition gives way to harder working students, and there isn't much competition in U.S. schools. This issue could be resolved by diversifying public schools. For example, in my county, we have magnet schools, one IB school, and two Schools of Choice (higher graduation requirements). We also have a few "specialty" schools such as schools of science & math, and schools of the arts. Our county is the 3rd highest scoring county in the state. There needs to be more competition in schools, and parents should push their kids to work their hardest. That's just what I think.</p>
<p>Hm.. I go to an all-girls school so it's a bit different but my friends want to pursue the following careers: doctor/find a cure for AIDS, a few nurses, a few teachers, journalist, 2 orthodontists, stock broker, physical therapist, the rest undecided</p>
<p>Girls at my school are pretty smart (100% to 4 year colleges, avg SAT 1340) but it seems like the subconcious idea is 'oh we'll find a wealthy guy to marry and we won't have to work anyway' bc there's noo way most of us would be content living on a teacher's salary</p>
<p>On the subject you are talking about I would say few are actually prepared for their future. Few know what they will be and those who do know will actually follow through with their thoughts. </p>
<p>For the real life I say that few are prepared. There are so many things to deal with in college that life gets really tough. For example managing your bank account, bills etc etc etc. I don't know how people manage everything.</p>
<p>There's a ton of kids that want to be doctors or lawyers at my school, usually because their parents want them to. There's a good amount of people that want to pursue a career in the arts...photography, music, etc. I'm not sure as to how many are prepared for real life. Some seem to have a firm grasp on the fact that we basically live in a bubble right now and everything will change when we leave, but some have a very warped view of what the "real world" will be like.</p>
<p>Wow, I'm wondering how some of you got from here to there without passing go? JK.
Okay, so it seems that most people know that the future will be differen, but they aren't sure how?</p>
<p>I only really know a handful of the kids in my graduating class. My school probably isn't the best, it's not a highly competitive public school, but the AP-level teachers are amazing. Anyway, I know 5-7 people who want to go into some branch of engineering and besides myself, they are really the only people I know who know definitively that's what they want to do. Most of my other friends don't know. I do have a friend who wants to be a midwife (the formal name escapes me), and I want to go into politics or become a professor of political science, probably the latter. I have a friend who goes to a different school who also wants to go into politics. Most of the people I know plan on going to college to figure out what they want to do. </p>
<p>I'm quite honestly scared about what lies ahead for this generation, I'm not sure we have the kind of people who will rise to leadership, most are content to just "go along with the crowd." At least, that's my experience at my school.</p>