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TODAY'S CHILD
Why do adults
ask kids what
they want to
do when they
grow up?
To get ideas!
A LETTER TO HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
BY MICHELLE L. RAYMOND
hat you choose in terms thinking towards something that can Are you aware of the opportunities that
of your school subjects, serve you better now and in the future. lie before you?
the university or college
Wyou will attend, and your Here are four things to consider as you Many adults are unaware of these
career will not define the rest of your move into the next season of your life. things, yet, some are running
life. And if you think it does, then companies whose staff are at the
perhaps you need some guidance KNOW THYSELF mercy of their blind spots.
because who you are as a person, how The pressure and requirements for
you choose to respond to situations choosing a career path during your Self-awareness is the secret ingredient
in life, and how you treat others is far high school years are enormous and – to knowing what your purpose is.
more important than any job title or quite frankly – absurd. Unless you have
profession. been mentored and groomed for the LEADERSHIP
road ahead, choices are often made Leadership is a big theme in school,
I can count on one hand the number of from limited exposure to the world and particularly as you draw closer to
people I know that after school knew only partial knowledge – knowledge of Matric and titles become prioritised:
what they wanted to do and are still self, that is. Do you (as a 16 or 18-year- Head Boy, Head Girl, Prefect, Student
doing it – and are happy. old) know who you are, or where your Representative Council, etc.
strengths lie and how to use them to
Instead of stressing about having a 10- your advantage? Do you know your There is so much information about
year plan, or having no plan, shift your areas of development and your gifts? what leadership is, and yet it is still
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