Helping Students Choosing Their Careers

One of the hardest things for students is when the moment to choose a career comes up. They are naturally confused. Options and recommendation are given to them that they may feel overwhelmed by constant bombarding.

So putting ourselves in the students' shoes allow us to remember what that felt like. And we can help them to make that decision less frustrating.

At that time, students might also look for consulting from teachers about what to expect. And they compare the inputs with the ones obtained from their inner circle. That includes friends and family.

Thus, there are some contributions that teachers can make to this important moment.

Mirroring their abilities

One of the things that students easily ignore are their abilities. There are students that don't realize that they are good at something because nobody tells them. And they probably don't see it by their own eyes because of external factors which might cloud their acumen.

Naturally, if any student is too young, he or she might overlook the capacities that are showed when carrying out an activity. That's the precise moment when teachers have to come in so that they can highlight the abilities.

Teachers just have to emphasize the action, detailing the performance of the student with the sole purpose that the person in particular discover value in what he does. In addition to that, teacher can reinforce the moment by praising the result and highlighting the student's qualities.

Telling the facts

Teachers, specially those in high school, must talk frankly to students when they want to pursue any career. They should not skip anything. They have to talk about the pros and cons. Students have to be aware of what will be around their chosen career...

Because expectation can be deceiving. It normally happens. We've seen young people regretting at the middle of their path, jumping constantly from one career to another, never focusing on one since they're still confused, lost in their eternal search for what they like.

They can hold the excitement at the beginning, but then, when they find out about something that they didn't thought before, they get easily put off.

We ourselves have experienced this in life. We can fall in love with something, but when we have all the data, everything that looks so shining suddenly display some spots. This circumstances are common since all of us perceive things differently. That's why it is essential that we, as educators, always tell the facts outright.

Not all is a career

Another important element to take into consideration is that we never have to push students to choose a career in a certain capacity. There are people that possess in their heart the passion to do something else.

Getting educated is not merely about gaining a degree. It's about growing as a human. We can serve to any community without perusing a career. Parents and teachers should motivate children to develop their abilities regardless if they decide to become professionals.

There is this concept that just professionals are just valuable people. But that's what the so called "society rules" dictate. And we unconsciously tend to pass it from generation to generation.

Such action, in my opinion, just create robots who care only about getting by or surviving the day. They hold no passion, and the desire to improve are based on just ambition.

I'm not implying that we don't have to strive to be the best and reject the rewards that we deserve. But that must come through the pleasure generated from what we do.

@edave

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