Description
A clear and practical guide that enables those involved in the career guidance process for young people to fully understand it and offer supportive listening and helpful advice. This book opens a new avenue for reflecting on the complex issue of career guidance in schools. Where schools follow the path dictated by academic results, this book encourages students to follow the path of their personal calling. It provides wise and compassionate advice to help young people identify what they want to contribute to the world and feel confident in their rightful place. For all those searching for their path, for all those who feel they don't have one or haven't yet found it, this book is an encouragement not to give up and a practical guide on what to do to find it. For parents and teachers, it also offers valuable support and assistance. Helping young people find their calling is a demanding path that takes time and requires listening, patience, and an open mind to accept that children cannot be reduced solely to their academic results. At a time when young people face career choices and doubts, it is the duty of adults to convince them that their grades should not limit their ambitions, that they each have value and a place to fill in a society that needs them. Drawing on ten years of experience in career guidance and thirty years of teaching philosophy, Francis Marfoglia addresses school administrators, teachers, parents, and students. He offers avenues for reflection and practical advice to help young people ask themselves, as freely as possible, this essential question: "What should I do with my life?"
