7th graders learn about internships

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The 7th grade College and Career Awareness classes got to learn about career internships today. Junior and seniors from all 5 Nebo School District high schools came to present about the experiences they had doing internships in the district Work Based Learning class. Some of the internships that we learned about include:  physical therapists, teachers, police officers, animal rehabilitation, nurses, dental assistants, lawyers, and travel agents. 

Doing an internship in high school allows the students a chance to explore possible future careers. Many find out that they love the job and want to work towards having it as a career. Others find out that the job is not actually something that they would like to do in the future. However, their time was not wasted because it gave them the opportunity to learn that they didn’t like the career, so they don’t waste time and money getting education and/or training towards that career in the future. 

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Story and pictures by Kathy Thacker