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Five things to consider in choosing a post-secondary school

Statistics show that most students who drop out of University, do so in their first year. In fact, most drop out in their first semester. What is the number one reason? Grades. How is it possible that students who achieve an 80-90% average in high school, find themselves struggling with a C-average in their first…

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Don’t settle for ‘suitable’, go for ‘possible’

One of my pet peeves of a career assessment is the use of the term ‘suitable’ when referring to the recommended occupations. To me, the term ‘suitable occupation’ sounds very practical, safe and secure, even predictable. There’s nothing inspiring in that, and I certainly don’t need a career assessment to tell me what is suitable….

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The Value of Sound Education and Career Advice

Recently, the People for Education released its 2013 annual report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools. It reports that the average ratio of students to guidance counselors in secondary school is 371 to 1. It also indicates that only 26% of schools with Grades 7 and 8 have a guidance counselor on staff. Of course, these…

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Children should plan for tomorrow by acting today

What do you want to be when you grow up? Children get asked this question very often. Depending on the age of the child being asked, the answer will range from something as outrageous as Spiderman to something as practical as a doctor, lawyer, or teacher. Assuming the answer is among the latter, then when…

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We’re All Gifted

I sometimes hear people refer to certain children as ‘gifted’. Interestingly, it is often in reference to academic achievement. A child is said to be ‘gifted’ if his or her grades are superior to those of their same aged peers. I find this type of reference to be an extremely unfortunate one because it suggests…

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