Ottawa Technical High School - Tech Talk Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Vocational Guidance WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MORE popular? Do you want a good job when you are through school? Would you like to know what is just the right thing to do if you are at a formal dance with your best girl friend? If your answer to any or all of these is yes, you'd better get acquainted with the Guidance Department, because we are continually helping students to find answers to these and many other quesf tions. The following are some of the things the Guidance Department is try' ing to do. 1. Help students get the most good out of school. The value derived out of a high school education depends chiefly on the attitude of the individual. You can only get something from school if you put honest effort into it. If a stu' dent is not trying, there is little anyone can do for him. But if he is trying, there are many ways in which we can help him make school a real success. Right now, the most important busif ness for you is getting an education. That's why you come to Tech and that is what the school is for. And all teach- ers are working toward this objective of giving all students the best possible training. The contribution of the Guid' ance Department is helping you choose the best course and the subjects most valuable to you, helping you to learn to study eliiciently g helping you to choose the proper extrafcurricular actif vities, and so on. Sometimes a student spends too much time in sports,or on music, or just hanging around a bowling alley. We are anxious to do all we can to get you to take full advantage of the opportunities at Tech. 1. Help students to plan for their future occupation. Deciding what work you will do after you leave school isn't easy. But it certainly isn't smart to drift along all through school and then pick up anything that happens to turn up. You may be lucky, but chances are you won't be. Now, it's not necessary, and usually not possible, to have an exact blueprint of what you are going to be. But it is essential that you should begin to think about it now and to seek information about occupations and about ways of training yourself for something worth' while. Some jobs will suit you much better than others and your success de- pends on planning wisely. 3. Help students in the business of living. You are born into a social world. From the moment you first see the light of day you are in contact with people. But effective social behaviour doesn't come naturally. It's learned by practice, by guidance, and, most of all, by your own efforts and desire to learn. And living with others successfully is imporf tant in all phases of your life-school, family, job, athletics, dances, friends, church, and many more. That is why the Guidance Department puts empha' sis on such topics as 1 Finding out about your abilities 3 Developing character and a pleasing personality 3 Good man' ners g How to make friends g Success on a jobg Family living g Choosing leisure' time activities. In passing, I would like you to ob' serve that this ties in with mental health in the same way that the work of the nurse and of the Physical Educa- tion Department ties in with physical health. 4. Help students find a job. This is last on th: list, but it certainly is not least important. Graduates of our school may entera great variety of occupations, and we are trying to make employers aware of this fact, so that they will call Tech when they have openings. By J. G. ENNS, Chairman of Tech's Guidance Department Of course, we can't guarantee you a job, especially if you are looking for the easiest work paying the most money. But, through the placement service, many students do get valuable help in their search for employment,and you can too. How Is I I Organized Most of the work of the Guidance Department is carried on by Mr. Bird, Mr. Shouldice, and me. The homeroom teacher counsels the members of his form. Valuable assistance comes from a staff committee and from the Guide ance committee of the Key Club. The former is composed of Mr. Hendry, Mr. Swayze, Mr. Hewer, Mr. Yeo, Mr. Morwick, and Mr. Bergin. The latter is made up of Norman Tape,Chairman, Martin Marcus and joe Lackner. In ad:liti3n,Joe Nuth has been as sisting in the Guidance Omce and Bob Shoue is in charge of the Reading Room during noonfhours. Vlfhal About You? On this page of Tech Talk I have tried to give you a brief outline of the work of the Guidance Department. Our facilities are gradually improving. But whether you will get any good out of them or not depends on you. This is the age of science and in planning your f.1ture you CAN be scientiiic. 43

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