How did Kim, Roman, Renee and James discover and explore their career paths?
Kim recalls that in elementary school, she had enjoyed helping out in a class for students with severe I realized that I intellectual disabilities. "In high school for work experience they asked me where I wanted to go," she says. "So I went back to that elementary school class to help out again. I loved it!" After this experience, had to keep my Kim knew what she wanted to do.
Roman remembers that in junior high, becoming an adult seemed like a distant prospect. He was marks up and my "naive and unaware" when it came to career exploration. Perhaps because of his parents' influence, he options open. always assumed he would attend a post-secondary program. "The RESP they had for me made that a concrete assumption," he says. Sometime in junior high, Roman became aware that his marks would affect the courses he could take in high school. "I realized that I had to try and keep my marks up and my options open," he says.
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