This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...can be found of students pursuing the college preparatory curricula who do not expect to attend college. And one would not have to seek far to find children enrolled in the commercial course who are not planning to enter into clerical work. Consequently it will be of interest to make a study of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...can be found of students pursuing the college preparatory curricula who do not expect to attend college. And one would not have to seek far to find children enrolled in the commercial course who are not planning to enter into clerical work. Consequently it will be of interest to make a study of the relation between parental occupation and expectations following graduation from high school as a supplement to the material presented in the immediately previous chapter. In each of the four cities studied this question was asked of each student: "What do you intend to do following graduation from high school?" There were, of course, a few students in each high school who reported that they did not intend to complete the course. In tabulating the data their intentions on leaving the high school were accepted in lieu of the usual statement of expectations following graduation. But of what value are the responses to this question? May they be regarded as possessing any measure of truth? Certainly, as indices of what these students are actually going to do after graduation, they are far from satisfactory. In considering their future prospects, these young people in all probability err on the side of optimism, as most people would. Many of those who, in their Freshman year, speak with some confidence of their intentions to attend college or university after graduation from high school will never complete the high-school course, let alone grace the halls of an institution of higher learning. On the other hand, there will probably be some whose plans to attend college will crystallize only toward the end of their stay in the secondary school. It is not maintained, therefore, that these responses have a great deal of objective validity; but...
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