Bay Of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948. CAREERS FOR THE YOUNG

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 32, 13 December 1948, Page 4

Bay Of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948.

CAREERS FOR THE YOUNG

This evening, at a Whakatane Parent-Teacher Association meeting, representatives of the retail trades, the Whakatane Board Mills and employers of office workers will outline the prospects for youngsters in this district. The school’s Careers Adviser will be there to tell parents what is being done in the school itself to help children to choose their future occupations and to help parents with any problems of that nature they might have. Actually, prospects for youngsters here are good. In a thriving, progressive town such as this there is ample opportunity to learn many of the best trades and callings under conditions that give young people the very best chance to acquire a thorough grounding under fully experienced supervision. In most places here staffs are not large, so that- any beginner is-in close and constant association with his seniors, and has a chance to take a more responsible part in the work of the organisation of which he chooses to become a part than would often be the case under big city conditions. Moreover, on account of the acute shortage of boarding accomodation here at a price young people just starting out on their own can afford to pay, there is an unusually keen demand for young workers just leaving school. The board position cuts out most of the possible competition from outside districts. And, quite apart from the opportunities offered in the town itself and at the Mills, this district is a remarkably good one for young people wanting to take up a farming career. Young people and their parents, however, will be well-ad-vised to sift all the available information carefully before making a final choice. There is a regrettable tendency amongst youngsters today to seek big money by the short route, often not realising that a pay envelope that looks fat to a boy or girl in adolescence might look woefully thin to an adult with responsibilities. A career should be chosen, not only for the living it will yield right now, but for the future security it promises and for the opportunity it gives as an outlet for the natural desire to be doing something truly worthwhile and of

value in the sum total of human achievement. Not that we can all be famous. Nor can everyone hope to climb to the top of the tree in his chosen calling. Still, if one chooses a career that will give a lifetime of satisfaction in the skill acquired and the service given, then, though one , might not become a millionaire, one will have chosen wisely.