32 - Sunday, November 3, 1996 ~ North Shore News

Career program a non-starter

AS a member of the
graduating class of 1997,
I have many questions,
one of them being, “Why
on earth do we have a
program called CAPP?”

The Ministry of Education,
Skills and Training tells us that
we are the first grad class to
graduate with this wonderfitl
“Career and Personal
Planning” program, CAPP has
three parts: personal develop-
ment, carcer development
(and planning), and a 30-hour
work experience component.

Last year was the first year
we started this program, and

atimy school we had a 45-

ininute class every Wednesday
in which we did activities that
had absolutely nothing to do

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swith planning our careers,

Apparently there was more
to CAPP than laid been
explained. We explored a com:
puter program called
“Choices” which, by filling
Out a questionnaire, gave usa
list of occupations for which
We were best suited. The
choice that my computer sur
gested for ime was captain of a
fishing vessel. As it

This was the only thing we
did that had anything to do
with planning our careers.

When we first started this
program in Grade 11, they
tok us we needed 30 hours of
work experience to pass the
course and graduate, Toward

the end of the year, the
Ministry decided to postpone
the 30 hours. Now they tell is
we do need the 30 hours of
work experience but not neces
sarily with an employer. There
Jre Hine ways wee can earn the
30 hours, from guest speakers,
ficld ips oF conferences to
classroom /community activi
ues. L would really appreciate it
ithe Ministry would make up
its mind. Not only are they
confusing me and everven¢e
else, but they are alse starting
to make me very angry.

In my opinion, T feel CAPP
ssstupid, pointless and a waste
of time, especially if it's going
to he taughe this way,

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Watching mold grow would
have been more exciting and
educational than this chiss. 1
can see why the instructors
want to teach us a career and
personal planning progran.
Finding a job gets tougher
every day. We need to have
skills and the ability to further
our education,

Every year the fees increase
tor post secondary education,
which makes it harder for stu-
dents te attend, Once vou yet
the editeation, vou are told you
either have too much experi-
ence for the jub, or not enough
experience. You may lw end
up having a job you don’t like,
or it has nothing to do with
what vou took in college.

We need to be educated
about career planning, Some of
us don’t know what we want

ae “Pepper”

Shar-Pei
3 mes.
black male

mm Two Bichon
Frise male
& female

to de with our lives, This is
what CAPD should be teaching
us, My opinion of the program
may not be entirely fair since
my experience last year was the
program's first step at our
school, “Feachers and adminis-
trators were unprepared,

But it doesn't seem to be
working in at tot of schools,
Seycove iy an exception,
spoke with a counselor there
Who said, “Because Seycove
adjusted their curriculum and
dready had a similar progran,
CAPD is working.”

{think that this program
could be very valuable and
rewarding, if it just worked,

Roni-Aune Webster isa
Grade 12 Sutherland
Secondary school enrolled in
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