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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went with my father as a teenager and it was pretty interesting. I think bringing the ages down is what killed it. No kid under 13 is getting anything out of seeing a workplace. It just becomes snacks and coloring day. It really ought to be about exposing teens to an adult workplace.[/quote]

+1.  It became a carnival (I’m at NIH and this is what it essentially is now) with games and handouts, instead of showing kids what we do.  
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This is how it is at my company. It's really programmed for elementary school kids (arts & crafts, scavenger hunts, etc.) vs. the tweens/teens who might actually learn something about different jobs. [/quote]

[b]Your career is pretty much defined by the time you start high school[/b]. Colleges take all 4 years of high school grades into account. If you screw up once you’re not getting into a top college.

Better to target middle schoolers [/quote]

Such BS. Your career is defined daily through your adult actions. At any time you can switch careers, people do it every day. It will take hard work, and likely starting at the very bottom, but a career is a very flexible, evolving thing. It's not pre-defined, and not always an uphill trajectory. [/quote]

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