Wallace Said:

What would be the best careers to pursue?

We Answered:

The latest reports of the economy saw two areas not declining in jobs: health care and education. You need to decide what you are good in, what you LOVE to do. Social work is a hard career, low pay, heavy case load and high burn out rate. Social workers spend the majority of their time filling out paperwork. You need a minimum of a master's degree to hold a good job. Do some reading, talk to an academic advisor after you get some college under your belt. Most students do not decide upon a career until their second year (you can change majors..as first year is same core curriculum for all). Go to:
http://www.bls.gov/

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will give you REAL statistics on job outlooks, description of requirements and average salaries.
Good luck to you! (college professor)

Arlene Said:

Should I keep my current job or go into another career?

We Answered:

Why make things so difficult for yourself? Since your wife is in the health field and the baby boomers are near retirement age and want to stay healthy, because they are living longer. "Do the right thing"...get an online business that brings both health and wealth to those around you plus yourself.

Alfredo Said:

What careers should I start looking at?

We Answered:

Use the Skills Profiler to create a list of your skills and match them to job types that need those skills. You can use this profile to identify occupations ...http://www.acinet.org/acinet/Skills/default.aspx

Sue Said:

What are my chances of getting into a good school?

We Answered:

Are you on a 504 plan? If not you should be. It will protect you in college when it comes to absences if that health issue should arise again. As for getting in a "good" school. Well, I think it is all what you make of yourself at whatever school you attend. Talk with your guidance counselor and visit the schools you are interested in. Do not let your past follow you around. Prove that you have recovered from your issues and are ready to continue to earn A's. Good Luck

Ralph Said:

How can parents help kids get their focuss into school? Thank you verry much.?

We Answered:

I take it you are not a parent, but a counselor or teacher.

The problem lies with the parent.

The job of educating the child is that of the parent, not the school or the child. The parent has tools at their disposal, such as schools, but the parent cannot simply stick their kid in school and expect them to learn.

For the first 55 years of our lives, we are constantly learning, the rate of learning is much faster when we are young and gradually slows down until you just can't teach an old dog new tricks. So for the first 2 decades we cram as much as we can, or so we think, into our kids heads.

The problem is that the children are 'constantly' learning. They learn when they wake up, they learn when (or if) they eat breakfast, they learn at school, they learn on the bus ride home, they learn while watching TV, at the supper table, and playing video games.

Learning is not confined to school, though many parents would like to think so.

Parents have gotten lazy. The TV, video games, and the computer have become the 'nannies'. The children learn more from them then they do from school, and more from anything rather than their parents.

Parents that send their children to your office, need to understand that everything they expose their child to they learn from. They learn how to read and write, and how to say cuss words, (and spell them), how to kill people, and the best kind of topping for a pizza by what the parents expose their children to. What they don't learn, is what they are not exposed to. Many children are not learning how to interact with real people, how to run, how to hit a ball, or jump a fence.

Focus on school has to come from the parents. If the parents prefer to let 'World of Warcraft' teach their kids, then that is what the kids will learn. If the parents teach their children how to add exponents at home, and let the school reinforce thier teachings..... then that is what the kids will learn.