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EDUCATION

A LETTER TO HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS

B Y MICHELLE L. RA YMOND
WHY DO ADULTS ASK KIDS WHAT THEY WANT TO

DO WHEN THEY GROW UP? TO GET IDEAS!

hat you choose in terms I can count on one hand the number of KNOW THYSELF
of your school subjects, people I know that after school knew The pressure and requirements for
the university or college what they wanted to do and are still choosing a career path during your high
Wyou will attend, and your doing it – and are happy. school years are enormous and – quite
career will not define the rest of your frankly – absurd. Unless you have been
life. And if you think it does, then Instead of stressing about having a 10- mentored and groomed for the road
perhaps you need some guidance year plan, or having no plan, shift your ahead, choices are often made from
because who you are as a person, how thinking towards something that can limited exposure to the world and only
you choose to respond to situations serve you better now and in the future. partial knowledge – knowledge of self,
in life, and how you treat others is far that is. Do you (as a 16 or 18-year-
more important than any job title or Here are four things to consider as you old) know who you are, or where your
profession. move into the next season of your life. strengths lie and how to use them to

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