By Bryna J. Fireside

Offers numerous work and education options for teens leaving high school. Covers study-abroad programs, internships, volunteer opportunities, military options, work, distance-learning strategies.

Chapters guide readers toward discovering who they are and what they really want to do with their lives. Through interviews with young people who ventured off the beaten path, this book answers students' questions about the alternatives their future may hold.

Designed for both parents and graduates, a section is included, titled "For Parents Only." It gives the essential information parents need to help their children make informed choices.

Includes interviews, topics such as how to conduct yourself in a foreign country, internships, and a guide to the army contract included in the military section. Also, there is a chapter on young adults who enter the trades. The 5th edition includes an all-new chapter on the Job Corps.

280 pages. 17 black-and-white photographs. 6 x 9. Softcover. 2009.

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