Blog 12: Should teachers dissuade bright pupils from becoming hairdressers?

There are schools in London now that are giving advice to their students about which career path to take. I think this is a wonderful idea because the teachers have been out in the real world longer than the students have making the professors more knowledgeable about careers. But this could also be a bad thing as well. In this particular article the student has a bright future but she was given an opportunity to be an apprentice for a hairdresser. The teacher was shocked that student wanted to do this. Some of the schools in London are discouraging students to become apprentices, but why is this so? Shouldn’t teachers be encouraging their students to get this type of experience, because let’s be honest you cannot put a value on experience. The problem is that teachers should not be telling students they should not do the thing they want to do in life. The apprenticeship lets the student know if that profession is right for them or not. Teacher should only be making suggestions, not persuading student towards one career path. The problem today is more students are getting a higher education but some parents are teachers are telling them to do this major and when they graduate they do not like that field. So if students were able to do more apprenticeships in high school this will allow them to more than likely not change their major while in college and like what they will be doing for the rest of their lives.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2012/apr/11/teachers-bright-pupil-hairdressers