Transcript Learning Circle Group:High school(Age 17-18 years) Sponsoring Teacher: Moza Al Muqbali Sponsor School:Um Salama Basic School City: Sohar Country: Sultanate of Oman Name of Project:Minds Chat.

Learning Circle Group:High school(Age 17-18
years)
Sponsoring Teacher: Moza Al Muqbali
Sponsor School:Um Salama Basic School
City: Sohar
Country: Sultanate of Oman
Name of Project:Minds Chat (Our Future jobs)
Teachers in the Circle:
Lilian:Kenya
Nisreen:Syria
Goal Of The Project: •
.
To compare how students in different countries and cultures have planned for their
.future.
Type Of Writing Requested
Student will produce essays,films,leaflet,powerpoints,posters
Description Of What You Are Looking For From Other Schools:
The students are in their last years of schooling ,so I think it is a good idea to see
how students of Kenya Syria and Oman have planned for their future.
Students will answer the following `questions:
What are their most favorite future careers?
Why do most of them like to get these jobs?
What are the factors that determine their choices: gender, high salary, good
reputation, comfort..ect?
Are the youth's career choices different from their parents or elders` choices, how?
Ideal Number Of Submissions From Each School:
2-3 response from each school a week .
Preferred Length Of Articles:
One to two pages
Deadline For Receiving Information (Circle deadline is the second week of April)
I would like to thank all the teachers and students who •
have shared their wishes, hopes and dreams with us. A
special thank to Ms Lilian from Kenya and Ms Nisreen
from Syria who have been very collaborative in making
our circle efficiently fruitful and interactive.
I would especially thank Ms Lillian's students: Thelma •
Mweresa, Saumu Tunga, Ajiambo Verolyne for their hard
work and their strong desire to collaborate with us.
Also I would like to thank Ms Nisreen`s students who •
posted their work on my project.
I can't forget my students whom I extremely love and who are •
usually eager to be involved in iEARN projects. A special thank to
Najwa Al mFahad,Ahed Al Ghaithi, Manal Al Muqbali and
class:12F1 who took part in the jobs` survey, I wish all their dreams
become true.
Thanks my facilitators, Barry Karmar and Minoo Shamsnia for your •
valuable comments and your willingness to guide me and giving me
the feedback, I have learnt a lot from them.
A special thank also to my country coordinator Mr.Issa Al Anqoudi
who encouraged me to register in this course.
•
The work of Kenya's
students
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Learning circe level: High school
The teacher: Lilian Nyaranga
The School: keveye Girls' Secondary school
Country: kenya
I want to be a Pediatrician: •
I have always loved children. Their innocence and naivety add to
their beauty and make them more adorable. This strong passion for
the little angels influenced my career choice of wanting to be a
pediatrician.
A developing country like mine still has high infant mortality and few
pediatricians, hence by becoming one I will be making a major
contribution to my country. Giving a child a second chance in life and
a healthy life I will indeed be living my dream.
Living this dream is a challenge in its own ways because it means I
have to excel in the sciences and mathematics. The subjects are not
that easy so that means I have to put in a lot of effort and sacrifice in
order to get good grades. But I am determined and I know I will
make it.
•
Thelma Mweresa
Form 3
Keveye Girls High school
•
Searching for Youth`s talents
My name is Saumu Tunga.I would like to pursue a
career that deals with exploring youth talents and
abilities. I want to help the youths discover their
hidden talents and make a living out of it. These days
the youths are involved in vices like drug abuse,
prostitution, rioting etc which lead them astray. They
ignore their talents because their is no one to support
them. The only thing hindering me from my career
aspiration is that there is no course in my country that
specializes in talent search, but hopefully my
government will see the need and introduce it in the
universities soon
Saumu Tunga
Form 2East
LOVE TEACHING:
I have always admired teachers and I believe they do a noble job. I love
teaching because it will give me an opportunity to interact and shape the
.young children's life so that they can become useful members of the society
Many students don't like choosing this profession because they feel students
give teachers a hard time. They also think teaching is not a well paying job
and that many people look down on teachers. I tend to disagree with them, I
find teachers to be an admirable lot, they sacrifice too much, they work so
hard they guide and counsel us. That is the reason why they are blessed
.people. For if you help someone in need God will also bless you
I admire my Teacher Miss Lilian, I also want to thank you teacher Moza and
teacher Nisreen and all the teachers of iEARN, for the good job you are doing
.to us
Written by
Ajiambo Verolyne
Form 3W
Keveye Girls
A Professional Actress
I am known to be very confident, couragious, dramatic, hyperactive with a very
high self esteem. I have always admired actors and actresses, that's why my
dreams are to be a professional actress. The movie and acting industry in my
country is still growing. It is not advanced like the hollywood in USA, bollywood in
.India or Nollywood in Nigeria
Even though the profession is not that well recognized and the pay not that good,
I am still not discouraged. I am passionate about acting and I believe I can make
a good living out of it. Another problem I face with my career aspiration is the
perception people have about acting, they believe it is a profession for failures
and leads to immoralities. Most parents will not want their children to pursue
.acting. I am lucky because my mum has been an actress and I have her support
.Ringos Brenda Adhiambo
Form 3N
.Keveye
Syria
Syria
The students conducted a survey
and the came up with the following
results:
Syria
The most desired jobs and careers here in our school at
: least are
Being a Doctor: a lot of students want to study medicine
in Damascus University because they think it is a great
opportunity to gain respect , appreciation and money
. which will drive you in the end to have a safe , happy life
Others think it is a great thing when you save a human
life or when you help patients to win the challenge against
.illnesses
. The Teacher : Nisreen Al – Bani •
The school : Al Basel Secondary Schoo for
. Preeminent of Damascus
. City : Damascus
. Country : Syria
Engineering : With its unlimited fields , engineering gives pupils a
free choice to participate the domain they like , and in the same
time to guarantee their future economically . And to be a little
specific , Computer engineering college is a sweet home for
these who love sitting in front of the screen all day creating
programs , and those who like arts and have a spacious
imagination that help them innovating new designs and creating
alternatives , can find their purpose in architecture and civil
engineering's colleges.
Law: Damascus University is famous for its law department that every
year graduates many lawyers who are professional and ready to practice
.their jobs immediately
Youths here in Syria mostly choose this department either for gaining
reputation and money or because they've got low marks in high school.
.
Teaching: This job is very wanted especially from girls. Most of the
students love teaching and enjoy dealing with pupils because they think
it is a very important and principal matter to give the community a wellprepared generations , and take care of talented persons ; this way we
. can nearly ensure that the future of the universe is safe.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
For a long time , youths have dreamt of being doctors and engineers , that after a
. while they realized that it wasn't what they want
Nowadays Syria is much more opened and new academics are choosing varied
options to study , just like : computer engineering , décor designing , singing ,
philosophy and even Business administration which is the most recent field in our
country.
So , Finally we should say that although there are other important jobs but
Syrians like the jobs we mentioned above the most . However, they respect each
worker whatever was his job because they believe that it is not shame to be a
small worker in this big world, but doing nothing and staying lying on the couch is
. the shame itself
Oman
Oman
Oman
My students in class 12/1 have •
conducted jobs survey. The
number of the participants in
the sample is about 24 and they
came up with the following
results:
Jobs` survey
The number of the participants: 24
Their Grade: 12
Their Age: 16-18 years old
Their Gender: Females
Youth and their parents
From the result of the survey we found out that
Omani youths` thinking of their future is totally
different from their parents. Most of their mothers are
housewives and their fathers have jobs which do not
require high qualifications such as farmers,
fishermen, shopkeeper, guards, working in military.
As our country is a developing country, Omani youth
`s ambitions regarding their future careers has also
developed. Twenty years ago, Omani youth were
interested in specializing mainly in teaching and
working in military as well.
Jobs which enable them to serve their community:
However, by looking at the survey above, we can guess
that Omani youth dreaming job have varied and they
become more aware of what they want to be. When we
conducted the survey we found out that most of them
want to be doctors, dentist and engineer. The reasons
from their point of view is to help people and to get high
prestige in their community. Others said they wish to be
lawyers to spread justice among people.
Jobs according to their hobbies and interests:
There are other careers Omani students wish to work in
jobs which meet their hobbies and interest such as
photographers, actress and astronomer.
Jobs which deals with social and psychological
issues:
The survey also has revealed that the Omani youth
has become aware of their society's issues and they
want their future jobs to help in solving these issues
for example: some of them dream to be socialists
and psychologists to solve people's problems