JobCorps

[Rockinonahigh]

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.

[Greyson]

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.

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

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.

[Rockinonahigh]

Back when I went through the job corp just about every student was headed for a life of crime or,we didnt really have an emotional system to handle life's complexities.My gramps had passed and grannie was in the first stages of mental decline,mom worked all the time plus I always had a prob with a family issue since birth as my birth mother was the family trouble maker in the worst way so the sins of the parrents became mine in the eyes of most of the family.SO with out my grand parrents to keep the bs in check I became an absolute angry,pissed off kid.I really dont know how I didnt end up doing time or not liveing to grow up.I'm luckier than most I wokeup and saw the path I was on wasnt a good oneso being in an inviorment with more possitive out look definatly helped but took time because I had to lern to ajust my attitude big time.

[Greyson]

Rockin, funny how life can spin and turn out. Be proud. You done good and I am sure your son is proud of you and loves you much.

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Back when I went through the job corp just about every student was headed for a life of crime or,we didnt really have an emotional system to handle life's complexities.My gramps had passed and grannie was in the first stages of mental decline,mom worked all the time plus I always had a prob with a family issue since birth as my birth mother was the family trouble maker in the worst way so the sins of the parrents became mine in the eyes of most of the family.SO with out my grand parrents to keep the bs in check I became an absolute angry,pissed off kid.I really dont know how I didnt end up doing time or not liveing to grow up.I'm luckier than most I wokeup and saw the path I was on wasnt a good oneso being in an inviorment with more possitive out look definatly helped but took time because I had to lern to ajust my attitude big time.

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by Greyson

Rockin, funny how life can spin and turn out. Be proud. You done good and I am sure your son is proud of you and loves you much.

Ty Geryson,sometimes I need ro stop and realise that I made it inspite of it
all.

[Martina]

This may sound rude, but how middle class is your son's upbringing?

Job Corps is tough. Regimented -- early to bed, early to rise. Except for weekends.

And the kids who succeed -- based on what I have seen -- are the stronger kids from the hood. That means that they were surely strong kids IN the hood, some of them doing the things that keep one on top of the heap.

Some not. I had a female student, who went because she was tired of the streets. She was a take no shit person, tall and kind of andro looking, but straight. Basically, she didn't fit in and therefore was a target. She got tired of fighting over nothing and wanted out. She did fine.

I have found that the kids who stay and finish are the tougher kids (with some shitty experiences behind them) who want out.

It's not easy at all. You have to want it. Kids who are made to go there usually don't make it. And I wouldn't put a middle class kid in the Treasure Island one for money. Blows my mind a little to think about it. But they are different everywhere. You should check the one out that you are contemplating.

I am all for shaking a kid up, but if this is a fairly sheltered child, I personally would not risk it.

My whole thing is to be careful not to set a kid up for another failure. Failure after failure in those transitional years can be paralyzing.

[Tcountry]

I had a, small town Midwestern, friend attend about 10 yrs ago. She did great. Learned a lot an liked the experience.
I think. like most things, it depends on your attitude and willingness to work hard to get what you want/need.
If he does have a focus that he Really Wants to do, not just eh ok maybe this....then it is a good and quick way to get focused training in that field.