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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]

Your career is pretty much defined by the time you start high school. 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]
Your tone seems facetious, but I actually agree with you.

I was a child of the 90’s and my dad worked at a lab that made a big event out of Take Your Child to Work Day. I went every year from late-elementary through junior high. By the time I was high school age, it was harder to skip a day of school when we were prepping for finals and AP exams so I never went those years. [/quote]

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