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Old 10-31-2012, 11:16 AM   #2
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I think you probably made the right choice for you back in those days. I do believe it has gotten better in terms of career training. Again, the young person needs emotional support and to stay clear of the "extra curricular" activities.

Another piece of history, When I was in Job Corp, most butches, at least the obvious ones were directed toward careers that were of the labor nature. At least on the campus where I was. I was directed into electronics (way before computers and internet). I had to do a lot of talking and shoving my test scores in front of them to be placed in the "Upward Bound" (headed for college) program.


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Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh View Post
Parja,I am the voice of experence because I have been in your sons shoes.I just didnt buckle down and be accountable about grades and my future when I was his age.After many years of doing it "MY way" and makeing some successes of it but not to the point it was feasable to contenue my path I wised up and went to techanal school insted of job corps.My reason was there were to many people in this program who were headed for a dead end job and that wasnt my road to take.Also I got much more job training and hands on experence than I would have othe wise.
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