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In my old school, our life orientation class gave us the usual info, and some guidelines. it focused on some of the bigger issues (drugs, alcohol, abuse, how not to get your girlfriend pregnant), but it lagged behind in one very important part of life: where are you heading in terms of a career?
grade 9 ends, and we suddenly have to think about which courses we want to take. There was no real talk about how the courses we take are going to get us to where we want to go. Effectively we were choosing subjects based on our experience during grade 8 and grade 9 (not the best thing for moving into the career you want to).
I had a passion for history. my grade 8 and 9 marks were above acceptable (can't remember them exactly), I was happy being taught by any of the history teachers, and my fellow students weren't a bunch of trolls out to make my life a living hell. When I spoke to my parents about it, they weren't so eager. I could think of numerous ways to apply history, but not a whole lot that I could profit from. So I took Technical Drawing, another class I enjoyed.
Now ask yourself this question: "What happens if all the other guys are facing the same dilemma, and don't have a parental figure that will tell them not to take the class?"
This truly is where LO should have stepped in and advised us on how our decisions would affect us.
my original intention of becoming a civil engineer fell to the wayside when I looked at coding and had CTI come round to our high school to do a presentation. If CTI had come round during my subject choosing in grade 9, I probably would have done the computer programming course offered by my high school.
grade 9 ends, and we suddenly have to think about which courses we want to take. There was no real talk about how the courses we take are going to get us to where we want to go. Effectively we were choosing subjects based on our experience during grade 8 and grade 9 (not the best thing for moving into the career you want to).
I had a passion for history. my grade 8 and 9 marks were above acceptable (can't remember them exactly), I was happy being taught by any of the history teachers, and my fellow students weren't a bunch of trolls out to make my life a living hell. When I spoke to my parents about it, they weren't so eager. I could think of numerous ways to apply history, but not a whole lot that I could profit from. So I took Technical Drawing, another class I enjoyed.
Now ask yourself this question: "What happens if all the other guys are facing the same dilemma, and don't have a parental figure that will tell them not to take the class?"
This truly is where LO should have stepped in and advised us on how our decisions would affect us.
my original intention of becoming a civil engineer fell to the wayside when I looked at coding and had CTI come round to our high school to do a presentation. If CTI had come round during my subject choosing in grade 9, I probably would have done the computer programming course offered by my high school.
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