by Jim Hague
The purpose of this podcast is to guide students and young adults to the next phase in life. And while my target audience is teens and young adults.
I hope parents and guardians will listen as well.
What qualifies me? Well, I’m a high school teacher.
- My name is Mr. Jim Hague and
- I teach CTE courses in digital media arts
- Web Design
- Graphic arts
- Video production
- Love my job. I love my students, all 160 of them.
I’m also an entrepreneur.
- 25 years
- Own business
also a family man
- I’ve got a nine-year-old son at the time of this recording
- Been married to my wife for many many years
I bring a unique blend
The purpose behind this podcast
- To help students and teenagers from all walks of life all over the world
- My mission is to encourage students to live their lives to the fullest
- I believe the older generation has an obligation to forewarn the younger generation on what’s to come and more importantly, how to handle situations that are challenging
- We’ve been your age, you haven’t been my age.
In life….
- Does it begin in high school, yes.
- There are underlying messages you will get that you alone shape.
- It’s not about…
- It’s about….
What is the purpose of high school?
- Loaded question
- Well now that I look back at my highschool days, Basically just a blip of time
- I do have a good memory and bad ones possibly more than I care to remember
- Realize that those days had more of an impact on me than I realized.
- Being a high school teacher, I see a lot of things, lots of drama in having to deal with students in their lives which results in heartbreak and losses. But I also see lots of triumphs, success.. Students who overcome their obstacles and graduate with high honors.
- So I talk about, ‘what’s the purpose behind high school, it’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times…..
- Memories of my high school are rather small
- Move on, meet other people
- But only until now, in my 50s, did I realize how high school has served me.
- In high school
- I did not have a role model.
- I did not have a teacher that impacted me.
- There were some teachers I liked, and respected
- As far as friends are
- So why are you in high school? There are reasons for it.
- Have To’s :
- It’s the law until your 18
- Because parents / guardians tell you so
- Social Reasons
- Get To’s
- These are opportunities that are presented to you for your growth, your well-being, and your happiness.
- Even the challenges that you face, the GET TO attitude will guide you through it.
- I get to help the student who is depressed or does not believe in herself.
- A ‘have to’ is resistance. You really don’t want to be there. The day is a drag.
- The Get To is a sense of honor, trust, you see the benefits. You feel blessed.
- Have To’s :
- Be Open to the FIVE Get To Goals in High School
- NUMBER 1 : Be Open to the End Results
- My experience : how I had to go to college.
- College, Military, Work, Training at a Vocational
- My Day, its college and that’s it
- Very limiting
- Military : Very technical
- Work : Go for it
- Can always expand later
- Can always switch jobs
- Vocation
- Life is too big
- NUMBER 2 : Expand Your Horizons so you can take the first step to your calling.
- Take an interest in any course, especially electives.
- Do not limit yourself to the typical science, math, english, history.
Those are core courses you have to take. - Take course that expand your mind
- Graphics, EMT, Fire Technology, Culinary, Art, Ceramics, Theater.
- You never know what you may discover
- Culinary
- NUMBER 3 : Learning to Learn
- Most important
- World changes and you have to keep up
- My experience in high school has no place now.
- The stuff that you learn to day maybe obsolete tomorrow.
- NUMBER 4 : Discernment with your peers
- Judge who you hang with
- You show me your 4 best friends and I’ll show you your future.
- Peer pressure
- Wanting to be within the ‘in’ crowd
- Ernesto and Kevin
- NUMBER 5 : Always Know There Are More Chances
- High School is a bubble
- Life does not end in high school, it doesn’t even really begin there.
It’s part of a set up - If you come to the realization that you should have done better there are other chances so don’t beat yourself up.
- NUMBER 1 : Be Open to the End Results
As educators I think we need to guide the GET TOs.