Megan E' Kirkpatrick

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Megan E. Kirkpatrick

• Business Alliance Coordinator
• Wake County Public School System

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The best way to predict your future is to create
it.

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Your Future Employability is NO Game
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Making
Informed
Informed
Informed

• Decisions

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If you dont know where youre going,
any road will do.
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Career Components
Confidence
Courses
Character
Choices
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Career Requirements
Courses
CAREER
Choices
Character
Confidence
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Wake County Character Education
You can choose the behavior, but you cant
choose the consequence. Salome Thomas-EL August
2005
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Las Cualidades de Buen Carácter Valentía Autodis
ciplina Perseverancia Integridad Respeto Responsab
ilidad Bondad Buen Juicio La Esencia de la
Educación y la Vida
Wake County Character Education
You can choose the behavior, but you cant
choose the consequence. Salome Thomas-EL August
2005
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http//www.wcpss.net/parent-handbooks/
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You may not be able to foresee your
future, but
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You CAN 4C your future!
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How Will Students Learn North Carolina Law???
Osmosis?
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Or Perhaps Through.
The Force?
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Worksheet Question 1
In North Carolina, you can be tried as an adult
when you are as young as
A.) 16
years old B.) 17
years old C.) 18
years old D.) 18
years old, if you have a prior criminal offense
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Breakdown by States

• An adult at 18 years of age
• A step-down process for 16-18 or 16-19 year olds
• An adult at 16 years of age

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North Carolina The last state to prosecute
16-year olds as adults No step-down provision
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January 8, 2006
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News Observer
Theres nothing I can do to turn back the hand
of time. His grandmother said as she walked
into a courtroom to hear the judges decision.
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Maryland Law
Four of the boys are considered juve- niles
because they are younger than 18. Deputies
forwarded charges against the two 16- and two
17-year-olds to the Department of Juvenile
Justice. The fifth student is 18, so he
will be charged as an adult. His name will be
released once the charges have been for- mally
placed, deputies said.
January 25, 2006
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Worksheet Question 2
What type of information can be gathered about
you from a background check?

A) Driving record
B) Credit history
C) Political affiliation
D) Criminal history
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New Sources forBackground CharacterAnalysis
Blogs Myspace.com Facebook.com
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Background Check

• Name
• Gender
• Address
• Birthday
• Social Security No.
• Drivers license number
• County of offense
• Trial Date
• Criminal charge(s)
• Conviction(s)
• Conviction date
• Felony or Misdemeanor
• Fine

• Most Recent Incarceration Summary
• Conviction date
• Projected release date
• Primary Offense
• Admission date
• Sentence begin date
• Actual release date
• Minimum term
• Maximum term
• Most Recent Probation Parole Summary
• Total term of supervision
• Parole begin date
• Parole end date

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Born in 1962

• DUI Alcoholic Beverage (1)
• Expired Operators License (4)
• No Operators License (2)
• Failure to Reduce Speed (1)
• Growing Marijuana (1)
• Possession of Cocaine (2)

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Born in 1977

• Speeding (5)
• Inspection Violation (2)
• DUI Alcoholic Beverage (1)
• No Operators License (3)
• Vehicle Not Registered/Titled (1)
• Operating Vehicle No Insurance (1)
• Failure to Wear Seatbelt Driver (2)
• Expired Registration Card/Tag (1)
• Reckless Driving to Endanger (1)
• Fail to Stop - Steady Red Light (1)
• Fail Stop - Stop sign/Flashing Red Light (1)
• Obtain Property False Pretense (1)
• Misdemeanor Larceny (2)
• Worthless Check (5)
• Assault on a Female (1)

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Police said they have collected nearly 100,000
worth of stolen merchandise from the teens homes
and a storage unit they rented in Raleigh.
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May 2004 Paintball Shooting A 12-year old boy
will be legally blind in his left eye for the
rest of this life Who will be held
accountable? Teen who shot the boy? The
driver? The passengers?
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He never listened. He was always in trouble. He
was on parole as a teenager.
He used to play with my son. They are the same
age. His choices took him down a path of no
return.
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Now, a young man who Prosecutors said committed
a murder to avoid at most 10 months in
prison will spend the rest of his life there.
He will never be eligible for parole.
NEVER
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UNCW College Application
If you answer yes to any of the following
questions, you must provide your own written
explanation of the events. If at any time in the
future your answer becomes yes, you must then
provide the Office of Admissions with a written
notification and explanation.

• Have you been convicted of a crime (other than a
  minor traffic violation)?
• 2. Are there criminal charges pending against you
  at this time?
• 3. Have you entered a plea of guilty, a plea of
  no contest, a plea of nolo contentere,
• or an Alford plea to a criminal charge?
• Have you otherwise accepted responsibility for
  the commission of a crime?
• Have you ever been suspended, expelled,
  dismissed, or otherwise subject
• to any disciplinary action from any secondary
  school or college?
• 6. Are there any gaps in time between high school
  graduation and your application to UNCW other
  than those accounted for in the other sections of
  the application?

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Question 15
Consuming any amount of alcohol under the age of
21 while driving can mean prosecution and
penalties such as 1000 in fines, 25 hours
community service, and the loss of your drivers
license for a year. Its called Zero
Tolerance. Further proof that alcohol really can
impair your ability to drive.
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When you know where youre going,
any road will not do.
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Good Character Be proud of it! Value it!
Protect it!
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Las Cualidades de Buen Carácter Valentía Autodis
ciplina Perseverancia Integridad Respeto Responsab
ilidad Bondad Buen Juicio La Esencia de la
Educación y la Vida
El Buen Carácter
Siente orgullo! Valóralo! Protégelo!
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YOUR future is YOUR decision!!
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er