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Show A recent study from the Utah System of Higher Education states that more than one-half of the "If only they knew what they face with only a high school diploma as their credential for a job," said Ms. Leishman. "But what's worse is what available jobs in Utah require some post-secondary trainingmore than what a high school diploma can offer. While only about 18.5 percent of Utah's jobs require re-quire a four-year LA faces those students who become dropouts. ' She emphasized that a high school diploma should only be a "stepping stone" to a successful future. "Thev - '-' ' ' ' ; fi t I - w I ! should have a col- COLENE WALL lege degree, at least, because today's jobs have become so highly skilled that aHvanrH education is essential ' college degree, an LEANN LEISHMAN additional 22 percent of the state's job market requires at least two years of advanced advanc-ed education, the report shows. Also, about 1 1 percent of the jobs require one to two years of post-high Robert Morishita, a senior 1 valedictorian at VHS, agrees and he is preparing for the future in that way. A straight "A" student who has an honors at school education, and an additional 6.6 percent of the state's employers ask their employees to have at least six months of specialized training. So with high school graduation entrance scholar- R. MORISHITA ship at the University of Utah said he is looking forward to post-graduate just around the KEVIN THACKEH corner, are students with a high school diploma in their hands ready to face the world? Is a high school diploma enough? This question was asked this week of a high school educator, one junior and one senior high school student, and three parents. Each gave an em-phatic em-phatic "no" to the question of a high school diploma being enough LeAnn Leishman, assistant principal prin-cipal at Viewmont High School, goes through the paces each spring of preparing students for graduation. i |