What Do Folks Do in the Real World?

[Schmoe1]

@"Schmoe1"

Yeah, at the end of high school, I had no idea of what to do in terms of a trade or a profession.  I sort of stumbled into what I did for a career.  Later on I discovered some things that fascinated me and that I may have enjoyed doing as a job, but it was too late.

High school "counselors" were no help.  All of the possible jobs "out there" just seemed so abstract when I was a HS student.  Not a good feeling.

Cheers

Agreed, school counselors were no help to me either.  I think schools should be dedicating more time to life as an adult, career goals and life management and things like that.  Parents should have a heavy hand in that, but some are better than others.

I would have benefited way more from a course like that than learning about Shakespeare and Beowulf.  I love reading, but really it's a hobby, not a translatable life skill.