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Show then can match his talents with particular skills needed by various industries. He can determine what preparations are required to enter, and make plans for achieving them. Your High School and You . . . Editor's Note The following article is the second of three written by the supervisor of counseling at the Utah County Employment Office in an effort ef-fort to impress upon students and parents the importance of getting a high school education educa-tion Preparing for Employment by Keith P. Burnham, supervisor of counseling at the Employment Service, Provo Vocational guidance, has in rests given to the student become be-come devices to help the student stu-dent understand himself. They are given as one segment in the total picture. In choosiny an occupation several factors must be considered. The main areas are personality, interest, abilities and physical capacities for employment. Many ot.er factors, of course, are important import-ant but are too cumbersome to mention; like occupational information, in-formation, attitudes, etc. The most important single purpose is realistic individual evaluation. Only through knowing know-ing and understanding of oneself, one-self, can the individual stimulate stimu-late himself towards setting various goals, planning and eventual achievements. When a student understands himself, his short-comings and assets, the rest is easy. He the past, been misunderstood the past, been misunderstood. Many people have a misconception miscon-ception of what the objectives are, and how these objectives are accomplished. Some people, I imagine, do believe some authoritative individual decides and directs our young people into some job or occupation he feels is best for them. This, of course, is not true. A very wise man once said, "Know thyself." This is probably prob-ably as simply stated, the main objective of vocational guidance. guid-ance. To plan, progress and to accomplish ac-complish an objective or goal, it is imperative to understand ones own limitations and assets. as-sets. Only by this means are we able to make realistic plans and to realize the results of our labors. When a young child enters school, his primary growth is that of a social nature. He is cognizant of the similarities he has with other people rather than differences. If well adjusted adjust-ed he forms in a social group and acts with accordance to the groups' opinion and control. As maturity occurs and the young child becomes a teenager, teen-ager, competition becomes more pressing. The young teenager becomes aware of individual differences. He learns to evaluate eval-uate his performance in terms of other people. "I am better than Billy in math, but he can read better than I can." Junior high school and high school sides the child in making mak-ing these self evaluations besides be-sides its main objective of achievement ach-ievement and growth in the foundations of education. In growth and understanding we ueually develop interests in the things that come easy for us in competition. When something some-thing is difficult we tend to dislike it. Parents can help their children child-ren primarily by taking interest inter-est in them, understanding these problems and helping the child be realistic towards his own self evaluation. Too manp parents tell their children, xou can do anything you want, if you try hard enough." Such untrue statements tend tc confuse the child. In the development de-velopment of the personality structure, confusion in insecurity insecur-ity results. He wonders, where am I going, what am I going to do, and how do I fit in as a part of society? A vocational counselor will primarily help the student in self evaluation and in reflecting back, as a mirror reflects, the self image of the individual |
