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Helping High Schoolers Find Purpose

Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose

By Patrick Cook-Deegan | January 11, 2016 | 1 Comment

Many students go through high school bored and unengaged. Patrick Cook-Deegan explains what a purpose-driven curriculum would look like.

Over the past decade, I have had the chance to ask thousands of teenagers what they think about school. I’ve found that the vast majority of them generally feel one of two ways: disengaged or incredibly pressured.

One thing nearly all teens agree on is that most of what high school teaches them is irrelevant to their lives outside of school or their future careers. One study found that the most common feelings among high school students are fatigue and boredom. Another study concluded that 65 percent of the jobs that today’s high school graduates will have in their lifetime do not even exist yet. But we are still teaching them in the same way that we trained industrial workers a century ago.

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I read the article from Patrick and was blown away!  My 3 sons were bored all the way through high school and it took all of my sales ability to keep them focused on relationships with fellow students and teachers, activities and sports.  It is a daunting big ask that Patrick is chasing...yet, we MUST make this effort and not kill more time doing the same ineffective way of engaging...not...that we are doing today.  PLEASE read his full article...it is brilliant!

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