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VOCATIQM.AL GUID.ANCS 4 One of ^ the criticisms most freq.uently made of public education^is tliat little or no provision is made for voca- tional guidancoo And it is true that the great majority or our high school and collogo graduates have no definite i-ea as to what they v;ould like to do or whr.t they are fitted "Co Q.O 0 School has adopted a plcji whereby a limited number of select pupils may have an opportunity to receive some vocational training during the senior year® The iDlrn is noT: original v/ith uso Hov/ever, it is still somev;hat in the - oxporimental stage. It v/as first adopted in Carmel, New York, Where IS has been given a more thorough trial perhaps than recently a number of more progressive schools country^ arc experimenting v/ith itc Tv/o such scnools in North Carolina are Greensboro md Elizabeth Cityc ^The success of the plan in Albemarle will depend upon the ^ purpose of those pupils undertaking it and a? school and the business and profession- al men of Apenarle pe able to give» ^uite a number of and^professional men have expressed their approval of ^ the eperiment and their ;willingness to enter into its spirit wholeheartedly, plan is as follows? Each pupil who applies xor consideration and is accepted by the school will do three nours 01^ regular school v/ork in the morning and three hours ? afternoon in his chosen occupation. The pupil ° required to drop only one study in the high schoolg inc. that otudy must be an elective end not a required subject, ..ne pupil woula be allowed one unit of credit for the work done ..n the afternoon. The State Department of Education has given luS approval of the plan as outlined above* Seventy or more seniors have expressed a desire to partici- pate in the program. It will be impossible to accept the vj.pplications of all these, however, for the reason that so large a nmbor could not be properly supervised. ICorooverru is slowly into a plcn of this kind. My f IS nas great possibilities, pe.rtioularly for ^i.pilo seeking emploympt soon after graduation from higli Hohool. -erhaps the pupil who is trying to decide v*at course of study ’ob college v/ould profit no less from a taste of the
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