Identify an adult whom you admire. This may be a family member, an adult in your community, or a professional at your high school.

 

	Plan and conduct an interview with this adult about his/her life after high school using the following questions as a guide. What goals did you have after high school? What influenced you in your choice of career and education goals? What steps did you take to achieve your goals? What challenges did you encounter? What did you do to deal with the challenges? What goals do you have now? Take notes or tape record during the interview. Activity 20 worksheet on the Post-ITT Website will help you with this interview.*
	Share your interview results with at least one other classmate who had the same assignment. After each of you share the results of your interviews, list common ideas that came up during the interviews. Examples of common ideas about influences are money needed, training/education, and change of plans.
	If you do not have other classmates working on this assignment, repeat this activity and then list common ideas that came up in both interviews.
	Summarize the information to share with a teacher or parent. Include the following information. Meet to discuss: Influences in career selection Obstacles encountered Examples of solutions Share three ieas you learned from this interview

* Activity 20 worksheet.