Question of the Day: What percentage of people age 16-24 work a summer job?
To work, or not to work? That is the summer question.
Answer: 53.6% in April-July of 2022
Questions:
- What factors do you think contribute to about half of people age 16-24 working a summer job and half not?
- What are some of the pros and cons of working a summer job? How about for not working a summer job?
- Would you prefer to work a summer job? Explain why or why not.
Here are the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.
Behind the numbers (BLS):
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NGPF's Finding a Job During High School mini unit can help your students get to work this summer!
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Ryan Wood
Ryan grew up with and maintains a love for learning. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a degree in Business Administration and worked in sports marketing for a number of years. After living in Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, and Minnesota, the call of education eventually brought Ryan back to his home state of Wisconsin where he was a Business and Marketing teacher for three years. In his free time he likes to spend time with his wife and daughter, play basketball, read, and go fishing. Now with NGPF, Ryan is excited to help teachers lead the most important course their students will ever take.
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