College and Career Goals 1.3 The Graduation Maze Runner

stuff you need to do teo you know get your

career out of high school First things first never wear

parachute pants It we learned that the hard way Second

thing second if you want to go to college you

definitely need your high school diploma Colleges don't have actual

bouncers but their administrators are just his tough though usually

not his bald or buff Unfortunately getting that diploma isn't

always a straight forward as we might want High school

graduation requirements vary from state to state and even school

district a school district so there aren't uniform standards that

apply to everyone across the country Luckily you don't have

to figure out how this mess works across the entire

country You just need to know what requirements apply to

you You might need to pass a state assessment test

to get your diploma on these flying about half of

the states in the us so there's a fifty percent

chance you'll need to take one and if you can't

figure out what the percentage is of you not needing

to take one well let's just hope you don't need

to take one Luckily these tests are based around stuff

you're already learning about in school reading writing language arts

in math you know typical school stuff you won't have

to pick up any super specialized knowledge like proper turning

etiquette in whitewater rafting You might also need to do

some community service and no we didn't switch gears into

planning how to get your prison sentence reduced These requirements

aren't meant to be a punishment but rather a way

to teach students the importance of being good citizens Community

service can be completed at all sorts of places schools

houses of worship community organizations nonprofit organizations probably not amusement

parts or twenty stores though you could certainly try Some

states also require students to study a career pathway which

means taking career and technical all education or c t

e courses that's just a fancy name for elective courses

aligning with a particular set of careers were surprised they

didn't tak esquire onto the end These c t e

courses tend to be a lot more specialized covering stuff

like business in accounting cosmetology early childhood development communication technology

the arts or even animal science and horticulture Luckily you

don't need to take all of them unless it's your

dream to be an accountant who paints and host a

television show on giving makeovers to children cows and corn

anyway when it comes to courses it's also very important

to know that the requirements for graduation don't always line

up exactly with the requirements to get into certain college

programs no matter how much easier that it make your

life For example you might have taken every math and

science course offered in high school but if you're hoping

to study dancing college all those equations and experiments aren't

going to help you very much anyway Be sure to

check how all this stuff applies to your personal path

through high school to college and beyond you'll be way

better prepared for the long long journey ahead Also for

that journey remember to bring snacks journeys tend to make 00:03:07.3 --> [endTime] people pretty hungry