[nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for High School Students

[Serena]

Just curious, what social skills courses are you referring to?

Serena


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From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
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> I've got a tip for high school students: please make sure that your
> social skills are up.  I know this because let's face it, I don't
> beleve that you should go anywhere without social readiness, so taking
> a social skills course in high school wouldn't hurt.
> Beth
>
> On 10/25/08, T. Joseph Carter <tjosephcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'll add another:  Take notes regarding your meetings in whatever form 
>> you
>> need to.  After a meeting, send back an email to the person you met with
>> and thank them for meeting with you.  Even if it's someone you can't 
>> stand
>> and the meeting was hostile, do this.
>>
>> Also include a summary of what was talked about in the meeting with your
>> thank-you.  Send yourself a carbon copy of these things and file them
>> away.  If you interpret something wrong in the meeting, this gives the
>> person you met with a chance to clarify.  If the meeting was less
>> friendly, it gives the other person a chance to change what they are
>> saying now that it's written down somewhere.  File responses you get to
>> those messages as well.
>>
>> If it sounds like I'm saying to be paranoid, I'm not.  Generally, when
>> things go well--and we hope that they do--this is polite and it gives
>> people reminders of things they might otherwise forget.  It's a good
>> thing, and it makes everything much more efficient.  It only starts to
>> bother people if things get ugly and suddenly you have a written record 
>> of
>> how ugly.
>>
>> Develop this professional habit early and make it a standard practice for
>> the rest of your life.  It really is handy, and I don't mean in case you
>> need to call someone a liar, either.  It puts the important details in
>> electronic form, and makes it easily accessible to search algorithms.
>> You'll be the one person in the room who can figure out what the sales
>> figures were three years ago without going to find the archives 
>> somewhere,
>> and in most companies, that's the kind of organization that gets people
>> promoted.  This leads to higher salary and more than compensates for the
>> extra hard drives you'll have to buy to save all that email and back it 
>> up
>> regularly.  *grin*
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:39:37PM -0400, Liz Bottner wrote:
>>> The one thing I can think of off the top of my head is learn to advocate
>>> for
>>> yourself and by yourself. If students start to do this in high school,
>>> when
>>> they get to college it won't be as big of a shock, at least I wouldn't
>>> think. Even if it's starting out small, anything is better than nothing.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>> email: liz.bottner at gmail.com Visit my livejournal:
>>> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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