Open Letter To A Teenager

Open Letter To A Teenager

The next FIFTY YEARS of your life greatly depends upon a deci sion you will make next week—whether or not to return to school 1!! You may have obtained a job for the summer. Maybe you found one with a rather attractive income. With more dollars than you have had before.and all yours_ it is only natural that you may have some temptation to buy a car, keep the job, and let your education go. . ...

Parents, relatives and friends may influence you .... but, the decision on your education is yours, and you will live with it for many, many years.

1 wish that we could describe to you the sadness in the eyes of hundreds of people we meet as they speak of the coveted high school diplomas they did not receive. Good job opportunities will go first to those of you who finish school. You will be given applications to fill out. You will be instructed to draw a ring around the number of the last grade you completed. See that the number is at least “12”. College training is, of course, better yet!!! .

New machinery and automation processes are completely changing the industrial world as we now know it. Competition for jobs will quickly weed away bright, capable young men and women who have everything_but education!!! Apprenticeship training even now is often reserved for those with high school educations or more .... That high school diploma is not important to you just because of the history, the algebra, the geography you study .... Just as participation in sports trains your body, GOING TO SCHOOL TRAINS YOU TO USE YOUR MIND ...TEACHES YOU HOW TO THINK!!! This,is migthy good exercise. It has never hurt anyone. Most adults could stand more of this training!!!

If you live an average life, you have over 18.000 more days to live. That’s an awful lot of days to be sorry.

Xeyer expect anyone to do more for you than you are willing to do for yourself!!! I

GO

JACK TO SCHOOL!!!!

—Kentucky Labor News