If many of us were asked this question when we were younger we knew we wanted to be doctors, lawyers or even teachers. However, many kids in poverty just want a job not a career. They don't understand the limitless careers that are waiting for them. I asked my student this question and they told me gas station attendent or work at a fast food restaurant. These are all honest jobs and I am by no means putting these jobs down, but that was not the answers I wanted for that assignement. My students had no knowledge of what was being asked of them.
As teachers we give students classroom jobs to be help build self esteem and character, but when have you ever meet a pencil sharpner , caboose or line leader in the real world. Think about all the claasroom jobs we give students are these real jobs in the real world. So, how about assigning the classrom jobs real career names such as:
The pencilsharpner is the Carpenter or Lumberjack ( teachable moment bc many kids have no clue what these careers are)
Person passing out sanitizer is the Health Inspector
Door holder is the Security/Police Officer
Person that turns of the lights is the Electrician
Think about all the exposure and backround knowledge my students are now getting as they learn about the different types of careers.
Do you have any good names for the classroom jobs in your class or can you think of some that I can use?
Once the students are famillar with the jobs they can interview the job they believe suits them.
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