Gilman High School - Gilmanac Yearbook (Northeast Harbor, ME)

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FACULTY SEATED: Miss Marilyn Ryder, Mr. Carl Kelley, Mrs. Grace Herrick, Mrs. Eleanor Stinchfield. STANDING: Mr. Roy Salisbury, Mr. Harland Carter, Mr. Don Coates. EDITORIAL STAFF

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I G I L me N 'U-U Qv 1 U ' q .aa-H I, ,541 11:1-!,g i I 7 N'Lf'! X . 4., fi I JQXX I A 4 K3 . H I W l 4 K -4'.f ' I KA h 'P - 4, 5 W in ' A M I TJM I V ' I GUIDANCE I W I I it When the average student fin- ishes high school he is faced with a very serious problem. In the next three or four years he will probably be preparing him- self' for his life work. Just what does he want for alife work? How will he prepare himself for it? I think the question Just what does he want for a life work? is the most difficult. I believe there are very few boys and girls just finishing high school who really know, without question, what they want from from life. I believe many boys and girls could get help and ad- vice on this question from a so- cial worker trained in vocational guidance. A boy has to keep in mind that what he chooses he will probably do for the rest of his life, and that he will have to draw enough money from his work to support himself and a family. The question 'How will he pre-- pare himself for the work he chooses? is definitely one that he should have some help and ad- vice in answering. Perhaps he knows that the vocation he has chosen will require college train- ing. If he knows that much, he still has to choose the school from which he can get all of the education and experience that is necessary for the work he chooses. He also has to think about money. How much money will he have to go to school on, and how much can he work and still have time for study and recreation? Perhaps the student has chosen a vocation in which no education beyond high school is required. However, I feel that all students should go to school for at least a year or two after graduation from high school, if they are financially able. My reason for saying this is that that extra year or two of school will improve his personality and his ability to get along with people. It will give theundecided student another year in which to decide the im- portant questionof just what his vocation will be. MARY CUNNINGHAM 'Lia The more aman knows the more he is worth, -Robert of Gloucester