Morgan Boice
Mrs. Miller
English 12
23 March 2016
Life after High school
Fewer than half of high school students across the country feel like they are ready for college and careers, even though these remain top goals for students. Results from a survey given by College and Career Readiness of 165,000 high school students conducted by YouthTruth, Found that 45 percent of students feel positive about their college and career readiness. And an overwhelming number of students, 87 percent, want to eventually earn a college degree and land a career. High school graduates need to know how to fill out college applications, and job applications if they are wanting to move on to higher things in life after school. They will also need to know …show more content…
With not being prepared for life after high school, then we won't know how to do thing that we need to do to live. Schools are not having the right classes we need to prepare us for life. Yes we learn what the equation is for sugar but we aren't learning how to manage the money we earn. Statistics say that approximately 62% of americans have less than$1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don't even have savings accounts. “ It's worrisome that such a large percentage of Americans have so little set aside in a savings account,” says Cameron Huddleson, a personal finace analyst for a site.”They likely don't have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have to rely on credit, friends and family, or even their retirement accounts to cover unexpected expenses.” By …show more content…
They don't know what the colleges and jobs what and what they are looking for in a good person. Students won't know this until someone steps up and helps them. Yes, counselors are supposed to step in the position and make sure they do it write. But they can only reach out to a certain amount of students within a year. As careerealism says that the five biggest mistakes in a job application are-- Spelling /Grammatical errors, Not following directions, Turned in resume you haven't tailored to the positions, Writing a Generic cover letter,and Not going beyond the job descriptions. How would the teens know what they were doing wrong in their resumes if they don't even know how to fill out one properly. It is hard to know theses without being taught by someone that does already know how to do it properly. Do teens know the requirements for college application? Every college has different requirements for their applications to get into their colleges. Some teens parents these days didn't even go to college and they don't know what to do, so this is where a student adviser could help them. They could also help them with the requirements with what school they would like to go to. Statistics from edsource.org says that only 36% used counsouling for help on future career possibilities, and only 32% used their couseling for help on applying for college. Now this really
Mrs. Miller
English 12
23 March 2016
Life after High school
Fewer than half of high school students across the country feel like they are ready for college and careers, even though these remain top goals for students. Results from a survey given by College and Career Readiness of 165,000 high school students conducted by YouthTruth, Found that 45 percent of students feel positive about their college and career readiness. And an overwhelming number of students, 87 percent, want to eventually earn a college degree and land a career. High school graduates need to know how to fill out college applications, and job applications if they are wanting to move on to higher things in life after school. They will also need to know …show more content…
With not being prepared for life after high school, then we won't know how to do thing that we need to do to live. Schools are not having the right classes we need to prepare us for life. Yes we learn what the equation is for sugar but we aren't learning how to manage the money we earn. Statistics say that approximately 62% of americans have less than$1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don't even have savings accounts. “ It's worrisome that such a large percentage of Americans have so little set aside in a savings account,” says Cameron Huddleson, a personal finace analyst for a site.”They likely don't have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have to rely on credit, friends and family, or even their retirement accounts to cover unexpected expenses.” By …show more content…
They don't know what the colleges and jobs what and what they are looking for in a good person. Students won't know this until someone steps up and helps them. Yes, counselors are supposed to step in the position and make sure they do it write. But they can only reach out to a certain amount of students within a year. As careerealism says that the five biggest mistakes in a job application are-- Spelling /Grammatical errors, Not following directions, Turned in resume you haven't tailored to the positions, Writing a Generic cover letter,and Not going beyond the job descriptions. How would the teens know what they were doing wrong in their resumes if they don't even know how to fill out one properly. It is hard to know theses without being taught by someone that does already know how to do it properly. Do teens know the requirements for college application? Every college has different requirements for their applications to get into their colleges. Some teens parents these days didn't even go to college and they don't know what to do, so this is where a student adviser could help them. They could also help them with the requirements with what school they would like to go to. Statistics from edsource.org says that only 36% used counsouling for help on future career possibilities, and only 32% used their couseling for help on applying for college. Now this really