The document discusses challenges with the traditional school-to-work transition model and proposes alternatives. It notes that a 4-year college degree may not be worthwhile and post-graduate degrees are too expensive. It suggests exploring different jobs, interviews, parties and festivals after college to discover one's interests before deciding on a career path or getting trapped in routines. The problem statement emphasizes that 21st century graduates need integrated, non-conventional transition methods from school to the workforce given changing curriculums and online courses.

1. Design Thinking Lab
Say:
. 4 year college is overrated
. After college is the best time
to explore what you like to do
in life before getting absorbed
into the routines.
. Post graduate degrees are
not worthed. It is just too
expensive.
. I want to get to know the
world before deciding what I
want to do next
. Do a few odds jobs here and
there
. Go for a few interviews here and
there….just exploring
. Attend parties and music festivals
. Go back to parents house and
start living at home
. Propose marriage to the girl/boy
friend
. I don’t want to
repeat my parents
. I don’t want to be
boxed into life’s
expectations
. I feel I want to be in control
of my life
. I feel I don’t have to follow
everyone else
. I feel the world is not going
to wait for me
. Sometimes I am scarred of
the future

2. Problem Statement – School to Work Transition
• The newly college graduates in the 21st century need alternate ways other
than the conventional Finish to Start methods of transition from school to
the work force. The changing forums of school curriculum and global
nature of on-line courses requires a more integrated transition other than
the conventional sharp transition.