As a recent University graduate, the "now" I am living in is one that I was NOT adequately equipped for.
After literally 17 years of education, I have no idea how I came out STILL unprepared.
All that just for me to get here and feel more confused than ever. After starting my first Job as a graduate, i realise that everything I learnt in Uni is about as relevant as all my highschool work was for uni - in short - not very relevant.
1) Not one person in my 17 years ever told me how to answer a phone in a business manner.
You're thinking it's common sense right? WRONG it is not. There are too many ways out there someone needs to clarify.
2)If i hadnt majored in commerce, how on earth would I know how to budget my finances. I think like Maths, Budgeting should be something we start in Primary school and develop through out our education. Then maybe, JUST MAYBE some people in this generation would have a chance at saving - and could someone tell me how on earth our parents did it????
3)There needs to be some sort of teaching later in life about cooporate dressing. I have seen some attires and my oh my, you wouldn't believe that they were coming out of a professional office.
Ever gone somewhere and looked at the receptionist and thought "gosh..should I have gone somewhere else?"
One valuable thing that I DID learn in school, is how to right pages and pages of something I do not know about!!
Thats bound to come in handy sometime right??
So when you are young, your future for the next 20 odd years is decided. Then as soon as those years are over the reigns are over to you and what do you do???NOTHING.
We tend to just continue on the path that our parents laid and do not do anything major but I am thinking, you only have 1 life, you NEED to get out there and live.
If you ever wanted to do something - go, DO IT!!!..NOW!
We make a mess of things, not because thats our intention, but because we did not know any better and as such we give up so much, and some times too much.
You can't turn back the time, but you CAN change you future.
Take the reigns and Happy riding :)
