This
is a wonderful class that will help 8th graders start thinking about
the pathways that their lives might take. Now is the time to get
serious about learning and doing our best because in the 9th grade "everything
counts!" What that means is that every grade you get in the
9th grade and up will go on your permanent record and follow you the
rest of your life.
The 8th grade is the perfect time to begin investigating our interests, our personality styles, and then begin looking at the jobs and careers that match up to those. We will be looking at the realities of what our visions of life in the future will be. We will be utilizing technology and researching careers. We will be having guests come into class to talk about their chosen careers.
By the end of the semester, 8th graders should have made a realistic choice as to the direction that their life might take. Whether or not you wind up as what you chose in 8th grade is not as important as the conscious decision to work toward a certain goal. In real life, our circumstances may change, our interests may change, but we need to be always working toward a goal of finding gainful employment that will fulfill our lives and make it all worthwhile.
School supplies for this class:
paper
pen or pencil
folder
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