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Transition from High School to College |
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Plus, the competition is getting tougher! There is no doubt that the society in which our young adults are entering today has many more choices and challenges than any other time in our history. |
The Prince Edward Island Board of Education says that students move into the labor market through four main routes. These are:
While only some high school students worked part-time, most all college students work. In fact, today it is common for college students to work over twenty, even forty, hour work weeks. Thus, one major task for most students as they leave high school and begin college is Balancing Study and Work.
The role of education has always been to prepare young people to meet requirements that society holds for them. In previous decades, it was somewhat easier to define the specific role of education. It was closely tied to simply surviving and meeting one's physical needs. One was educated in a trade or specific skill. Today the role of education is generally the same, but society is so advanced and so much is expected of young people that it is almost impossible to keep up. It's not enough to find a decent job, one needs to stay abreast of everything required to move into the labor market and, once there, to succeed.