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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
-John F. Kennedy
The ideal career combines the dream of what a person wants to be with the reality of finding and working at a job that leads to that aim.
Picking a career is the most important decision the average student makes. It should involve a self-critical analysis: Where does my talent lie, How can I hone it, and what is the reality of earning a living by using it?
Some lucky persons, definitely in the minority know exactly what they want to beDoctor, Lawyer, Nurse, Investment Banker, Engineer and Writer. Most people of college age to tend to be confused, even about what major to choose, according to Dr. Edward Jennings,
President of Ohio State University.
If, after graduating, you find that the realities of the Job market require that you take a
Job you don‘t like, try to keep the vision of what you really want and love in front of you, and over the years try to keep prepared and alert so that you can seize the opportunity if it comes.
Along the way you can find plenty of advice because career planning is a relatively new field, growing more professional all the time.
To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. And most of us generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school. We believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools.
Thus, the higher a person achieve on the formal
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educational ladder, the more he/she attains knowledge and expectedly acquires more employment opportunities.
The importance of education is basically for two reasons. The first is that the training of a human mind is not complete without education. Education makes a man right thinker. It tells man how to
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
-John F. Kennedy
The ideal career combines the dream of what a person wants to be with the reality of finding and working at a job that leads to that aim.
Picking a career is the most important decision the average student makes. It should involve a self-critical analysis: Where does my talent lie, How can I hone it, and what is the reality of earning a living by using it?
Some lucky persons, definitely in the minority know exactly what they want to beDoctor, Lawyer, Nurse, Investment Banker, Engineer and Writer. Most people of college age to tend to be confused, even about what major to choose, according to Dr. Edward Jennings,
President of Ohio State University.
If, after graduating, you find that the realities of the Job market require that you take a
Job you don‘t like, try to keep the vision of what you really want and love in front of you, and over the years try to keep prepared and alert so that you can seize the opportunity if it comes.
Along the way you can find plenty of advice because career planning is a relatively new field, growing more professional all the time.
To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. And most of us generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school. We believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools.
Thus, the higher a person achieve on the formal
1
educational ladder, the more he/she attains knowledge and expectedly acquires more employment opportunities.
The importance of education is basically for two reasons. The first is that the training of a human mind is not complete without education. Education makes a man right thinker. It tells man how to