Comments on: Life Advice – I need your help!

By: Dori

Dori — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:13:41 +0000

She could be a foreign exchange student…she could train to be a luthier…she could go into photography…or dog grooming…or dog training. Maybe she wants to open a day care center or some other business of her own. Maybe she applies to the police academy or wants to be a fire fighter or a paramedic? Maybe she simply backpacks around Europe for a year?

By: Anne Bingham

Anne Bingham — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:08:08 +0000

Have her join AmeriCorps and help clean up hurricane damage in Mississippi and Louisiana!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:32:39 +0000

Still thinking about Katimavik…she would need her parents to sign her application to the program, maybe they would only agree to do that if she finished high school?

By: Andrea Locke

Andrea Locke — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:50:07 +0000

If your character lives in Canada, Katimavik would be a cool thing for her to do after school. I kind of wish I had done this instead of going straight off to university. I am pretty sure that they used to require completion of high school but I just checked their web site and unfortunately (for your purposes) it doesn’t seem to be a requirement any more. http://www.katimavik.org

By: Kim Thacker

Kim Thacker — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:37:54 +0000

Personally owned internet businesses are a hot thing, especially with how technologically savvy young people are today (I do not include myself in either the savvy or the young people category…). Many of these entrepreneurial businesses don’t require any degree–after all, how would your customers check to see if you were telling the truth? So this may not be what you’re looking for, if having a high school degree plays an actual role in your story.

As another idea, I’ve always thought it would be great fun to become a chef, or a baker. There are trade school programs for the food making industry all over the place.

I hope you find what you’re looking for, Joelle! How fun that you’re working on a new book. Keep us posted.

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:25:26 +0000

If your character is interested in animals there is an Animal Welfare Certificate program at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops BC, which is only 2 years long and can be taken partly through distance ed. There may be some other interesting corepsondence/distance ed programs, too. Sometimes you see ads for distance ed/corespondence classes on buses, etc. They always seem abit suspect, which could make the option more intriguing.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:09:27 +0000

Writing a brand new book? Yay!
Checkout http://www.wheretherebedragons.com…if your character happens to know another language and is passionate about the world-it might be an aspiration to lead a group…some other ideas: tree technician-its a cert program and your character’d get to hang out with (or maybe even in) trees..or…massage therapist. What about an apprenticeship in a trade? Maybe in a specialized industry-instrument making or bookbinding.

By: Brad Elliott

Brad Elliott — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:01:33 +0000

I Think Jaimie may want to work with or start a Non-Profit having to do with anything she is particularly passionate about. It would be a good opportunity to meet new people/characters for the book as well as do something good for her community. Americorps perhaps?

By: Angie Baton

Angie Baton — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:10:42 +0000

Let’s see……….
You can get just about any job with a GED now-a-days. Not as picky as they used to be.
However, if you were going to be working in a setting with kids in a school/education environment, it would be adventagous to have finished high school. With the drop out rate increascing yearly, one could use their own story of surviving high school for motivation and inspiration for the young ones.
Well, you have my brain working now.