MOM AND DAD I

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MOM AND DAD IM GOING TO COLLEGE
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• A PRESENTATION TO THE
• STUDENTS AND PARENTS
• OF PATRICK HENRY SCHOOL
• PRESENTED BY GEORGE DOOLEY COUNSELOR, SCHOOL
• OF CONTINUING EDUCATION NORTH ORANGE
  COUNTY
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE
  DISTRICT

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• HELLO, IM CARLOS AND TODAY WE
• ARE GOING TO LEARN ALL ABOUT
• WHAT COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT. I
• WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET SOME
• OF MY FRIENDS, MARCUS, CINDY,
• AND MAYLEE. THEY ARE GOING TO
• HELP US ON THE ROAD TO COLLEGE.

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THE ROAD TO COLLEGE CAN BE REALLY CONFUSING!
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• I BETTER ASK FOR SOME HELP FROM
• MY FRIENDS.
• MARCUS HAS ANYONE FROM YOUR
• FAMILY BEEN TO COLLEGE?
• NO, CARLOS HOW ABOUT YOU?

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• NO, I WILL BE THE FIRST!
• MAYLEE, HAS ANYONE BEEN TO
• COLLEGE IN YOUR FAMILY?
• YES, CARLOS I HAVE AN OLDER
• SISTER THAT IS GOING.

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• HOW ABOUT YOU CINDY?
• NO, BUT IM GOING TO BE THE FIRST!
• WELL, IT SOUND LIKE WE ALL WANT TO
• GO TO COLLEGE.

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WHAT IS COLLEGE ALL ABOUT?

• GOING TO COLLEGE OR GETTING A
• HIGHER EDUCATION MEANS GETTING
• ANY TYPE OF EDUCATION OR CAREER
• TRAINING AFTER YOU GRADUATE
• FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

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• IT TAKES PLANNING AND MONEY TO
• GET A HIGHER EDUCATION. BUT IF YOU
• START PREPARING NOW, YOU CAN GO
• TO ANY KIND OF COLLEGE YOU WANT!

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• CARLOS, I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
• LIKE
• WHY IS COLLEGE IMPORTANT?
• 2) WHAT CLASSES SHOULD I TAKE IN
• HIGH SCHOOL?
• 3) HOW DO I GET INTO COLLEGE?
• 4) WHAT IS THE COST AND HOW CAN
• I PAY FOR IT?

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• YOURE RIGHT MARCUS, WE DO HAVE
• A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
• MAYBE WE SHOULD START BY ASKING
• SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TO
• COLLEGE, LIKE OUR TEACHER MRS.
• JACKSON. SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING!

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• MRS. JACKSON WHEN I GET OLDER
• I WANT TO WORK IN A HOSPITAL.
• WOULD COLLEGE HELP ME?
• COLLEGE HELPS PEOPLE EVERYDAY
• IN HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS,
• SHE SAID.

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• YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT
• INTERESTS YOU IN COLLEGE, AND
• YOULL MAKE YOUR FAMILY PROUD.
• IT PREPARES YOU FOR BETTER JOBS,
• AND COLLEGE GRADUATES CAN BE
• A BIG HELP TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

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• STAYING IN SCHOOL AND GOING TO
• COLLEGE WILL HELP YOU
• GET A BETTER JOB. MORE AND MORE JOBS REQUIRE
  EDUCATION
• BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. WITH A
• COLLEGE EDUCATION YOULL HAVE
• MORE JOBS TO CHOOSE FROM.

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• 2) EARN MORE MONEY. A PERSON
• WHO GOES TO COLLEGE USUALLY
• EARNS MORE THAN A PERSON WHO
• DOESNT. LETS LOOK AT THIS
• CHART.

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• ANNUAL
  INCOME
• NOT A HIGH SCHOOL GRAD 23,400
• HIGH SCHOOL GRAD 30,400
• SOME COLLEGE 36,800
• ASSOCIATE DEGREE 38,200
• BACHELORS DEGREE 52,200
• MASTERS DEGREE 62,300
• DOCTORAL DEGREE 89,400

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• DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH
• MONEY THIS IS
• 1,000,000

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• THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU
• WILL MAKE OVER A LIFETIME OF
• WORKING WHEN YOU HAVE A COLLEGE
• DEGREE.
  
  

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• BOY THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY CAN
• YOU EXPLAIN IN A DIFFERENT WAY,
• MRS. JACKSON, SAID CARLOS.
• SURE, CARLOS LETS LOOK AT TWO
• PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY A
• MOUNTAIN BIKE.

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• CHRIS IS A NEWSPAPER REPORTER
• (4 YEARS OF COLLEGE). CHRIS WILL
• EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE
• BIKE AFTER WORKING 1 WEEK.

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• JULIE SELLS NEWSPAPERS (NO
• COLLEGE NEEDED). TO BUY THE
• SAME MOUNTAIN BIKE, JULIE WILL
• HAVE TO WORK ABOUT 2 WEEKS.

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• OK, NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOING
• TO COLLEGE WILL INCREASE YOUR
• EARNING POWER, WHATS YOUR
• EXCUSE?

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• BUT SUPPOSE I DONT KNOW WHAT
• I WANT TO STUDY IN COLLEGE, SAID
• MAYLEE.
• COLLEGE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
• LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT
• YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE.

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• LETS TAKE A CLOSER LOOK THEN AT
• WHAT YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST
• IN.
• GOOD, IM READY TO LEARN ABOUT
• ME, SAID CARLOS.

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• THE WAY THIS WORKS IS YOU TAKE
• WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO ALONG WITH
• WHAT YOURE GOOD AT AND THAT
• WILL GIVE YOU A POSSIBLE CAREER.
• HERE IS AN EXAMPLE

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• CINDY, YOU CHECKED THAT YOU LIKE
• TO CARE FOR ANIMALS AND YOU LIKE
• SCIENCE CLASSES. SO, SOME OF THE
• POSSIBLE CAREERS FOR YOU WOULD
• BE VETERINARIAN
• PARK RANGER
• MARINE BIOLOGIST

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• CARLOS, YOU SAID YOU LIKE TO WORK
• ON THE COMPUTER AND YOU ARE
• GOOD AT DRAWING. SO, SOME
• POSSIBLE CAREERS FOR YOU ARE
• ARTIST
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
• GRAPHIC ARTIST

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• SEE, KIDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN
• INTEREST IT WILL MAKE YOUR CHOICE
• OF A COLLEGE A LITTLE EASIER,
• SAID MRS. JACKSON.

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• OK, MRS JACKSON IM DONE BUT WHAT
• DOES IT MEAN? SAID MARCUS.
• WELL, MARCUS THE REASON WE DO
• THIS FUN ACTIVITY IS TO HELP YOU
• START THINKING ABOUT CAREERS AND
• COLLEGE, SAID MRS. JACKSON

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• OK, I THINK I KNOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE
• TO BE, SO HOW DO I PREPARE TO GO
• TO COLLEGE RIGHT NOW.
• ASKED MARCUS.

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• WELL, MARCUS, CINDY, CARLOS AND
• MAYLEE YOURE GETTING READY TO
• MOVE INTO 7TH GRADE WHICH MEANS
• JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SAID MRS.
• JACKSON

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• THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE TAKING
• COURSES LIKE MATH, SCIENCE,
• ENGLISH, AND HISTORY.

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• IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM 7TH
• GRADE ON TO STUDY HARD AND GET
• GOOD GRADES. THIS WILL HELP YOU
• WHEN YOU GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL
• AND START LOOKING FOR A COLLEGE
• TO ATTEND.

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• SO, LETS REVIEW HOW WE ARE GOING
• TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE.
• STARTING IN 7TH GRADE WE ARE GOING
• TO
• 1) TAKE CHALLENGING COURSES
• IN ENGLISH, MATH AND SCIENCE

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• 2. DEVELOP GOOD STUDY SKILLS
• 3. START TALKING TO YOUR PARENTS,
• TEACHER AND COUNSELOR ABOUT
• GOING TO COLLEGE.

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• WHAT KINDS OF JOBS CAN YOU GET
• WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION?, ASKED
• MAYLEE

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• ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT
• GETTING A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS
• THAT YOU HAVE MORE JOBS TO
• CHOOSE FROM. AS YOU EXPLORE
• POSSIBLE CAREERS, YOU WILL FIND
• OUT WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION IS
• NEEDED FOR THEM. EVEN THOUGH

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• COLLEGE MAY SEEM A LONG WAY OFF
• YOU MUST START PLANNING NOW,
• SAID MRS. JACKSON.
• I HEARD YOU HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE
• FOR A LONG TIME, SAID MARCUS.

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• WELL, MARCUS THAT IS NOT ALWAYS
• TRUE, IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT TYPE
• OF CAREER YOU WANT.
• LET ME SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
• WHAT I MEAN, SAID MRS. JACKSON.

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• LETS SAY YOU WANTED TO GO TO
• COLLEGE FOR ONLY 2 YEARS. HERE
• THEN ARE SOME CAREERS FOR YOU.
• MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN
• COMPUTER TECHNICIAN
• CAR MECHANIC
• REGISTERED NURSE

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• WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU LIKE GOING
• TO COLLEGE AND WANT TO SPEND
• 4 YEARS THERE. HERE ARE SOME OF
• THE CAREERS FOR YOU.
• ACCOUNTANT
• ENGINEER
• GRAPHIC DESIGNER
• SOCIAL WORKER

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• AND FINALLY, HERE ARE SOME OF THE
• CAREERS YOU CAN GET IF YOU HAVE
• MORE THAN 4 YEARS OF COLLEGE.
• SCIENTIST
• DENTIST
• LAWYER
• DOCTOR

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• WOW, SAID CARLOS, THERE ARE A LOT
• OF CAREERS THAT I COULD CHOOSE
• FROM.
• THATS RIGHT, CARLOS IF YOU CAN
• DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT!, SAID
• MRS. JACKSON.

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• OK, MRS. JACKSON I HEAR WHAT YOU
• ARE SAYING ABOUT PREPARING TO GO
• TO COLLEGE, BUT HOW WILL I PAY FOR
• IT?,SAID CARLOS.

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• WELL, CARLOS COLLEGE ISNT FREE
• YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. HOWEVER,
• MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT COLLEGE
• IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT REALLY
• IS, SAID MRS. JACKSON.

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• ALTHOUGH SOME COLLEGES ARE
• EXPENSIVE, MANY COLLEGES ARE
• WITHIN REACH. HOW MUCH YOU
• SPEND DEPENDS ON MANY THINGS,
• LIKE TUITION AND FEES, BOOKS,
• HOUSING AND OTHER EXPENSES.

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• THINK OF COLLEGE AS A LARGE PIZZA.
• PART OF THE PIZZA WILL BE YOUR
• MONEY FOR CLASSES AND BOOKS,
• PART FOR HOUSING AND PART FOR
• OTHER EXPENSES(CAR,FOOD ETC)

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• THATS MAKING ME HUNGRY, MRS.
• JACKSON, MAYLEE SAID.
• ME TOO, SAID MARCUS!
• WOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE
• A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, HOW CAN I PAY
• FOR IT? , SAID CARLOS.

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• YOU CAN GET THE MONEY TO GO TO
• COLLEGE FROM MANY DIFFERENT
• PLACES, SAID MRS. JACKSON.

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• LETS LOOK AT SOME WAYS TO PAY
• FOR COLLEGE
• SAVINGS..YOU AND YOUR PARENTS
• SHOULD START SETTING SOME
• MONEY NOW, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

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• IF YOU COULD SAVE 25.00 PER MONTH
• FOR 10 YEARS JUST ABOUT THE TIME
• YOU WOULD BE READY FOR COLLEGE
• YOU WOULD HAVE OVER 3000.00
• SAVED UP.

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• BUT MY PARENTS CANT AFFORD TO
• PUT 25.00 AWAY EVERY MONTH,
• CINDY SAID.
• WELL, CINDY PERHAPS YOU COULD
• HELP BY DOING SOME CHORES,
• MOWING LAWNS, OR HELPING PEOPLE.
• MRS. JACKSON SAID.

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• THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING CALLED
• FINANCIAL AID, MRS JACKSON SAID.
• WHAT IS THAT? SAID CARLOS

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• THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
• EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS THREE
• MAJOR TYPES OF AID TO HELP PAY
• FOR COLLEGE
• GRANTS-THIS IS MONEY THAT DOES
• NOT HAVE TO BE PAID BACK.
• THESE ARE CALLED PELL GRANTS.

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• THE AMOUNT YOU RECEIVE IS BASED
• ON YOUR NEED. GRANTS RANGE FROM
• 400- 4,000.
• 2) WORK STUDYTHIS IS MONEY YOU EARN WHILE
  ENROLLED. NORMALLY
• YOU WILL PERFORM SOME TYPE OF
• COMMUNITY SERVICE.

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• 3) LOANS THIS IS MONEY THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO
  YOU BUT YOU MUST PAY IT BACK WITH INTEREST.

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• THOSE ARE JUST SOME WAYS YOU
• CAN PAY FOR COLLEGE, CARLOS,
• SAID MRS. JACKSON.
• SOUNDS LIKE I WILL BE ABLE TO GO,
• SAID CARLOS.

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• OK, STUDENTS LETS REVIEW WHAT
• WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT GOING TO
• COLLEGE

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• ON YOUR WORKSHEET ANSWER THE
• FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
• PLEASE WRITE DOWN TWO REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GO
  TO
• COLLEGE.

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• 2. SOME OF THE CLASSES I WILL NEED
• TO TAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL ARE
• ______ _______ ________ ________

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• 3. WHAT ARE SOME CAREERS THAT
• YOU WILL ONLY NEED TO GO TO
• COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS?
• __________ _________ ____________

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• WHAT ARE SOME WAYS YOU COULD
• PAY FOR COLLEGE?
• _______ ________ ________ _______

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• WELL, ITS GOING TO BE A LITTLE
• WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN ACTUALLY
• GO TO COLLEGE, BUT IF YOU START
• PREPARING NOW YOU WILL BE READY
• BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE HIGH
• SCHOOL.

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• GOOD LUCK FROM
• YOUR FRIENDLY
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE