Vacation Education and Career

1. Vacation Education and Career How Do We Plan to Make Our Living?

2. What are you going to be? What are you going to be? I’ll be a manager That’s the life for me. What are you going to be? What are you going to be? I’ll be an interpreter That’s the life for me. What are you going to be? What are you going to be? I’ll be a businessman That’s the life for me. What are you going to be? What are you going to be? I’ll be a teacher That’s the life for me. It is very important to plan how you will make your living. It is not easy to choose your future profession.

3. We ought to forget that we are members of society and our future profession is the most important thing for each of us.Algorithm of professional self-determination

4. The fulcrum: • all-round education; • perseverance; • consecution of action; • natural ability; • a lucky combination circumstances; good fortune; • proactive position in public affairs; • to force one’s way for ultimate aim; • the presence of personal contacts; • influential parents.

5. I'd like to be a Web designer. I think it's agreat job. I'd also like tocreatecomputer games. Ann Miroshnikova, 8 B I want to be a reporter who travels aroundthe world and finds out what's going on in theworld. Dasha Ddemidchenko, 11V I love my computer, so any job with computers is definitely my ideal job. When I grow up I want to be a policemanto help stop crime. Sasha Kriulin, 5 A My family think I'm smart so I want to be alawyer. It means helping innocentpeopleplusgreat pay!Kate Petinova, 8 B I'd like to be a fashion designer becauseyou get paid really well. Luda Shaykina, 5 A I'd either like to be an architect or abuilder. Tata Oganganyan, 11 B Loads of jobs sound good but I'd like to bean archaeologist or historian as it's reallyinteresting. Semoyn Martynov, 10 A I want to follow in my father's footstepsand become a doctor, probably a heart surgeon. Sasha komenko, 6 V I'm really good at computers, so a jobI'd like to be a Web designer. I think it's agreat job. I'd also like to create computer games. Ann Miroshnikova, 8 B I love my computer, so any job with computers is definitely my ideal job. Volodya Ivanov, 11B When I grow up I want to be a policemanto help stop crime. Sasha Kriulin, 5 A I'd love to be a psychologist or somethingrelated to that. Marina Pokotilova, 11 A I would like to be President so I coulddecide how to run the country. Alexander Kolenko, 11B I'd love to work in a nursery school becauseI love little kids. It's not a very well paid jobbut it's what I want to do. I also love writingstories so I might be an author in my sparetime. Veronika Stasenya, 8 B I have always loved wild animals like tigers,so I would also like to be a wildlife vet. Sasha Sakhorova, 8 B I'd like to become a dancer so that I canexpress my feelings through dance. Lena Anahkatunayn, 9 A I would love to be a movie star, it's a well-paid job, and it entertains people! Lena Semihkova, 3 B I absolutely adore science! But most of allI'm interested in physics. Semen Denschik, 11 B I'd like a job where you could see the worldand work in different places. I'd hate to havethe same routine every day. Aloyna Bondarenko, 9 V I'm not going to have a job! I'm going to do what I like while my future husband goes to work! Nastya Bychkova, 11B WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?We ask our classmates and friends what they are going to be.

6. What factors our mates take into account in choosing a future professionWe decided to interview our schoolmates about the factors they take into account in choosing a future profession. As we found out, both boys and girls want to have a profession that suits their interests and also gives them satisfaction.Some of them want to have a socially important job. In their opinion, money is one of the most important factors when they make a choice. 1.Job satisfaction 2.Money 3.Personal qualities and abilities 4.Promotional prospects 5.Travel 6.Social importance 7.The influence of other people

7. It is important to choose the right professional fields that suits our interests • Are you interested in knowing how and why things work? • Are you interested in caring for other and helping them withtheirproblems? • Would you like to be out and about and physically active? • Would you like a job which involves offering a service to other people? • Would you like to use your artistic or creative abilities? • Have you an aptitude for working with finger or creative abilities? • Do you like making things with your hands or with machines? • Are you interested in working with plants or animals? Categories: A – Practical E – Outdoor/active B – Nature F - Computational C – General service G - Social D – Scientific H - Artistic

8. TestWhat would you like to be? Do you know what type of job you would like to have? Answer the questions and see of our career specialist about you! You must answer “Yes” or “No”. I want to be..? Yes No • Do you like to travel? • Do you prefer to work indoors? • Do you like talking to people? • Do you prefer to work alone? • Are you energetic? • Do you like organizing things? • Are you patient? • Do you like animals? • Are you noisy? • Do you like to work with your hands? • Are you artistic? • Do you like working with numbers? • Do you like children? • Do you like looking after people? • Are you calm? • Are you musical? • Do you like sport? • Do you like working at night? • Do you mind seeing blood? • Do you like talking on the telephone?

9. Check your answers and add up your score. • If your score is between 5 and 45: You enjoy working with people and helping them. You are also a practical person. One of these careers will suit you: teacher, doctor, nurse, social worker, psychologist, zoo keeper, policeman, policewoman. • If your score is between 45 and 90: You like to work quietly and concentrate on the task. You prefer to work on your own. One of these careers will suit you: laboratory technician, librarian, artist, bank clerk, hair­dresser, architect. • You like to be very busy. You like to be with people and you like organizing things for them. One of the following careers will suit you: travel agent, journalist, hotel manager, flight attendant, bus conductor, salesperson,

10. Manager; Book-keeper; Economist; Shop-assistant; Dentist; Bodyguard Interpreter Repairman; Programmer; Doctor; Photographer; Broker; Consultant; Police officer; Designer; Driver; Hairdresser: Pilot; Businessman Top-model; Metalworker; Teacher; Nurse; Engineer; Psychologist; Artist; Office- manager; Vet; Couch; Officer; Journalist; T. V. reporter; Logistic ; Farmer; Telephone operator; Inspector And what is our dream job? Is it big money we are after, or a job we can enjoy?Our rating of preferable professions:

11. Interpreter talkative; clever; sociable; pleasant; creative; understanding; with a good sense of humor; responsible. Bodyguard athletic; brave; independent; clever; serious; healthy; caring; lucky; understanding. One of the most popular job among our friends is manager.Professional characteristics:

12. Teacher: intellectual; friendly; jesting; artistic; generosity; energetic; noble-minded; successful; patient; understanding; modern fair. Businessman: ambitious; energetic; generosity; well educated; friendly; enterprising; successful; honest-minded. The job of a teacher is chosen only by girls.

13. If you want be an interpreter or a teacher… • The Stavropol branch, established by the order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, is a structural division of one of the most famous and prestigious high educational institutions of Russia - Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University. • SB PSLU successfully qualifies specialists in such courses as «Translation and Methods of translation», «Theory and Methods of teaching foreign languages and cultures». • At the disposal of the students there are well-equipped classrooms, business machines, a well-stocked library. • High intellectual and creative capacity distinguishes the teaching staff. 43 educators take part in the process of teaching. Among them there is a corresponding member of Academy of Pedagogical and Social Studies, 5 teachers with doctor's degrees, 17 candidates for a degree, and also those who performed excellent results in teaching. • 182 expert specialists have graduated from SB PSLU since the time of its foundation. They are wanted in Russia as well as in European countries and the USA

14. 7 steps to making the right decision

15. If you want to be a success, you should behave as if you have already accomplished it.(Thomas Moore) It is interesting. To make your dreams come true. • Would you like to get happier and wealthier? Then get rid of your clutter According to Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of arranging our surroundings, just getting rid of a little clutter can transform your home into a magnet for happiness and prosperity. • Spruce up your doorway, and your dreams will come true. • Just as people enter and leave through the doorway, so does energy. If the area is too cluttered, it can restrict the flow of opportunities coming to you and hinder your progress in the world. • And don't forget to hang a mirror in your hall. It's believed to invite positive energy into your home.

16. Believe dreams can come true; it’s the first step on the road to making them happen. Remember some words of wisdom: • Life is what you make of it. • If you want to be happy for life, love what you do. • There is no time like the present. • The shortest distance between two people is a warm smile and a good laugh. • Humor adds years to your life and life to your years. Be happy, lucky and healthy!

17. ABOUT US: Join MM - ID: 31998 Name of school: school№21 Street: 50 let VLKSM, 19 Postal code/City: 355040/Stavropol Country: Russia Telephone/Fax: 8(8652)721847/8(8652)724979 Supervising teachers: Valentina Chernuhina Age group:  1 (12-15 years of age) e-mail/Homepage: sh21@stv.runnet.ru Names of the team members: Anastasiya Gromova, Ann Miroshnikova, Kate Petinova, Sasha Sakhorova,Veronika Stasenya Remarks on our chosen team name (this is a central part of the evaluation!!!): Every child is asked or asks himself/herself about it at one time or another. And, of course, they have their own dreams. And they say ‘That’s the life for me’ about this or that profession. We also have some plans, that’s why our team is called “Dream”