2. SAY
“The environment was
something I wasn’t
prepared for…didn’t
participate because
Ai didn’t feel
comfortable”
“Advancing my career earlier
and quicker than most”
“The program offered an internship between my junior
And senior year of high school. Once you graduate you
Can take a coop opportunity for a year while you go to college”
“Community college is a cheater way to get a job—
don’t necessarily need a your degree to get it”
“ I’m confident in my work
Confident in what I do”
“You need to focus on good job and money…
If you have money you’re in a good position”
“ I’m not going to push myself so hard
It stresses me out”
“ I felt comfortable enough
to go on interviews”
“Couldn’t find myself in high school
A teacher pushed me to take more rigorous
Classes then AP English”
“Science classes were
Important—biotech showed me
That through science
You can do many things, have so many
Opportunities”
“Long term what I see myself doing for my care
I’d rather have a good paying job career job th
A degree—I can get a degree anytime”
3. THINK
Internships and co-ops
Are good ways to transition
from school to work while in high school or college
Being comfortable in the school or
work environment is important
work experience is more important
Than getting a degree. Work experience
Gets me in the door.
Getting a career job is important—
And you don’t need a college
Degree to get it.
Can choose an alternate plan
Having confidence in yourself
And what you do is important
4. FEEL
Made a good choice in going the
Alternate route
Getting a career job is better
than getting a BS degree
He made a good choice
based on his what was important
To him
Work experience worked
More to his advantage than to
Those with a BS degree and no work experience
Can get a degree anytime
5. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Bob needs a way to validate his alternative school to work transition
experience because individuals insist that he needs a BS degree to a
career paying job.
Stakeholder
Bob is a 23 year old
man with an AA degree and
two certificates In Biotechnology
and Bioengineering. He is a product
Of a high school biotech academy
Work internship and coo-ps and
community
college
Articulate
Validate
Justify
State
Individuals keep insisting that
he needs to have a BS degree
to get a good career paying
job
and he needs to do it now
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