Planning on Junior year activities

[tgl2023]

I skimmed through the posts and there are great suggestions in abundance. On getting a research-type of activity, try direct contact (email), and if there are speakers invited to her school to talk about their careers, she might want to demonstrate (great) interest and ask (in-person) if she could volunteer at their labs.

If she manages to get a coaching type job, see if there are additional certifications sanctioned by, say, the regional volleyball organization, that she could complete, and therefore, have that as a documented activity.

The pay-to-research/learn activity might be useful indirectly. My son was shocked into action after he learned from his fellow science campers (Hopkins’ CTY) that they had already taken standardized tests while he had not given them much thoughts. Most of the time, parents’ words tend to go through the kids’ head, unregistered, of course.

[sbinaz]

@thumper1

@cynds maybe I am wrong, but it sounds like you don’t think a job is a great idea. I am wondering why.

Tying in with your other thread…some kids develop some inner drive when they have a job…because they have to. And that’s not a bad thing.

Getting a part-time job made the whole “getting an education is really important” mantra from DH & I finally sink in for our D24. 2 weeks after starting her 1st job at a fast food place, she came home after one shift and said words that were music to our ears: “Mama, Daddy, I get it now. I understand why you guys talk all the time about college and good grades. I mean, my supervisor HAS to work this lousy job in fast food in order to support himself! And he’s, like, in his 40s! I don’t want to get stuck in a job like that for the rest of my life. That SUCKS!”