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

[Beth]

Well, a course on social skills in general at a high school would
help.  I tried to do something like that, and my mother said I
shouldn't because the kind of people in that course were not the kind
she thought were worth mixing with.  Some people in high school have
social issues, so they would be recommended for a social skills
course.  Careers skills courses are good too, and there's an awesome
kit I would recommend for transition students.  It's called the
Transition Tote System if anyone has heard of it.  The kit includes
this awesome manual called "Navigating the Rapids of Life."  The
manual has lots of great stuff in there about job acquisition and
resources to venders that sell job-related stuff.  It also includes
little assignments and exercise examples that show each scenario in a
career situation.  I tried some of the assignments with my TVI, and
they were cool because they showed me what goals I had in life and
they allowed me to know myself even more.  Another tip for high school
students, and this is a mantra we should all say: know thyself.
Beth

On 10/27/08, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:
> Just curious, what social skills courses are you referring to?
>
> Serena
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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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