http://www.radicalparenting.com/2010/02/14/8-reasons-to-support-your-child-in-taking-an-alternative-post-high-school-route-guest-post/ Parenting From The Kids Perspective Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.radicalparenting.com/2010/02/14/8-reasons-to-support-your-child-in-taking-an-alternative-post-high-school-route-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6281 Doreen Bourque Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:39:54 +0000 http://www.radicalparenting.com/?p=7775#comment-6281 I teach an alternative program where students study the Occupational Course of Study and receive a high school diploma. Students can still attend a technical college but its greared for independent living, job skills, and work ready skills. English may focus on resumes and applications where as math will focus on budgets and checkbooks. I would like to hear from other students that have pursued this course of study. I teach an alternative program where students study the Occupational Course of Study and receive a high school diploma. Students can still attend a technical college but its greared for independent living, job skills, and work ready skills. English may focus on resumes and applications where as math will focus on budgets and checkbooks. I would like to hear from other students that have pursued this course of study.

]]> http://www.radicalparenting.com/2010/02/14/8-reasons-to-support-your-child-in-taking-an-alternative-post-high-school-route-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6178 Alan Bergquist Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:48:41 +0000 http://www.radicalparenting.com/?p=7775#comment-6178 As much as 18 years seems like a long period of time and we hope, as parents, that they know what they want to do with their life, it is likely that in many cases they don't! Most live a fairly isolated existence for their first 16 or 17 years and yet we expect that will know enough about themselves and the world to make those decisions...and then convince them that they are "lifelong" decisions. Parents need to focus on helping their son/daughter experience as much as possible as they search for a direction or a career. Hopefully this occurs during high school as parents begin to recognize small areas of interests or passion, but sometimes it needs to continue on after high school graduation (hopefully it continues on for life.) Pushing them into college before they know that is the best route for them, or why that is the best route, is likely going to cause them to be sitting with a pile of debt from school loans and no degree to show for it. As much as 18 years seems like a long period of time and we hope, as parents, that they know what they want to do with their life, it is likely that in many cases they don’t! Most live a fairly isolated existence for their first 16 or 17 years and yet we expect that will know enough about themselves and the world to make those decisions…and then convince them that they are “lifelong” decisions. Parents need to focus on helping their son/daughter experience as much as possible as they search for a direction or a career. Hopefully this occurs during high school as parents begin to recognize small areas of interests or passion, but sometimes it needs to continue on after high school graduation (hopefully it continues on for life.) Pushing them into college before they know that is the best route for them, or why that is the best route, is likely going to cause them to be sitting with a pile of debt from school loans and no degree to show for it.

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