Youth Insight

According Ediger (2000), elementary school career education is important. Ediger stated that “the elementary school years are not too early to begin to achieve a vision of what one desires to do in life contributing to the world of work”. Without career education, students have unrealistic perceptions of careers due to a lack of knowledge and poor decision making. Students have limited knowledge and exposure to careers. (2,3) When students look at the different industries e.g. sports, media and entertainment, most students underestimate the skills and time required to have successful careers. (3)

» Read more: Elementary School Career Education – The Need, Basics, Examples, and Guidelines

When I was a child we played soccer in the winter and cricket in the summer. Life was simple. In these times that we live in children have so many opportunities to try out new sports and disciplines; this has got to be a good thing, right? I’m not too sure.

For instance, as I’ve already explained I played soccer as a child, that was my passion, it was all I did. I ate, drank and slept soccer. Every spare moment of my youth was spent playing and training for the next soccer match. I was focussed on what I wanted to do so could train for a specific goal.

» Read more: Sport and the Youth of Today