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October 14, 2005
Chamber of Commerce's Reality Check at Brainerd High
Kritin Woods, a freshman at Brainerd High School, was one of hundreds of 9th graders to participate in the Chamber of Commerce's Reality Check yesterday. The event was coordinated by the Chamber's Mattie Moran and Cathy Humble.
If anything is clear, it is this. Education is the key to solving issues. There's nothing training can't do!
So I was grateful to be invited to participate in Reality Check, a career awareness program targeting high schools in Hamilton County. As a Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce member, I joined other members in mentoring young people in life skills. The high schoolers behaved beautifully - except when they realized they had run out of money to spend in the exercise. "What should I do?" they would ask. I would usually say, "Go back to school."
During the exercise, each student is assigned a family, a job and an income. Then the student is sent out (to 13 booths) to make purchases. He or she must buy food, clothing, housing and services all based on their family demands and wages.
Last year, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce reached more than 4,000 9th graders with Reality Check, a career awareness program targeting 18 Hamilton County Schools during the 2004-2005 academic year.
To arrange for a Reality Check presentation, contact Cathy Humble at 763-4321 or click on Cathy Humble.
Some of our Reality Check team that supervised booths and mentored young people at Brainerd High School yesterday. Cathy Humble (left center) and Mattie Moran (right center) are standing just in front of me. Far left are Carol Swayze and Robin Smith of Chattanooga State Community College.
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