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Exhibit 9.1
Milestone Ages
Q505 How old will you be when you . . . ?
Base: School respondents
86
Future Careers
According to today's junior and senior high school students, the top areas in which
they would like to work after they finish their education are:
·
Entertainment (33%);
·
Education (26%);
·
High tech (26%);
·
Health care (25%);
·
Law (25%);
·
Government (16%);
·
Finance (12%);
·
Construction (10%); and
·
Agriculture (10%).
OBSERVATION:
As noted previously, learning about different jobs and
careers is one area in which students (as well as parents and teachers) feel
their schools are not preparing them well. This was a finding of the 1987
MetLife report as well; parents ranked schools low in preparing students for
education and jobs beyond high school. Students' focus on the highly visible
entertainment industry as a future career area may reflect a lack of knowl-
edge about other fields.
