| H.J. Robinson High students about to leave “comfort zone” |
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| Thursday, 26 April 2012 08:36 | |||
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Dressed in business attire, this year’s H.J. Robinson High School 5th form students faced interviews and heard advice from successful professionals about their next step after graduation. The exercise — under this year’s theme “Dare to leap; a world of opportunities await” — is the very last programme offered to the final year students by the school’s Guidance Counseling Department before graduation. It is geared towards helping students become worthwhile individuals who can function well and effectively in any given environment. “This exercise is the school’s way of helping to further prepare students graduating for the world of work; a world outside their comfort zone of the high school environment,” said Guidance Counselor Vivian Otuonye. “This may include the commencement of tertiary education, gainful employment, entrepreneurship or just waiting for a ‘little’ time, while remaining jobless until something worthwhile happens.” The students were all dressed in formal work attire for the programme and undergone formal interviews done by Human Resource Department officers selected from all around the Turks and Caicos Islands. The programme facilitators were responsible and respectable individuals from within the community, who may be deemed as role models for the youth of the TCI. The topics for the day and the facilitators were:
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