Scott wrote:
> On Wednesday (12/10/97) I'll be standing before 200 (American) ninth
> graders talking with them about "Work Ethic". I was asked to do this by a
> high school counselor who is addressing concerns of local businesses that
> their teen employees don't have whatever "work ethic" is.
> I have
> no idea, yet, what I will say to these young people, so here is your
> opportunity to help me shape the future of America's youth...or just give
> me a couple of good outline points. [Perhaps if my own sense of work
> ethic were stronger, I would have already written my speech.]
>
> Scott Ott
Just ask them what is takes to be successful: in school, work, home, etc.
Get some discussions, some paper, organize the responses. They KNOW what
it takes, no doubt about that. I do this with my students all the time:
why write inn math class ? why is prrroblem solving important ? I did a
session with our parents during a Parents Weekend once about curricullum
and curr. deevelopmeent. I started off with a few small groups and asked
them "whats important to learn and how do we learn it ? " They hit every
single point that I could possibly make and hit on most of the major
theories of education and cognition. Their vocabulary was differeent but
the content was there.
Just ask, they know.
Paul
prkosuth@mychoice.net
OPINIONS ARE MY OWN
Brehm Preparatory School
Carbondale IL
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