© Shutterstock.com (x4)t Greenleaf Elementary School
student and bank CEO Nulia
Nguyen examines documents
in BizTown, a simulated city
at Junior Achievement in
Maplewood, Minnesota, where
fourth- and fifth-graders spend
a day learning to run a business,
work for a boss, write a check,
pay taxes and do payroll© Jim Gehrz / Tribune News Service
Enter Junior Achievement (JA), a non-profit
organization that is celebrating its 100th anniversary
[this year].What they do
Since 1919, JA has made it its mission to prepare
youth for future jobs by helping young people
understand business and finance so that they are
“workforce ready.”
Currently, the JA network reaches approximately
10 million students in total in more than 100 countries.u © 2018, NewsUSA.
PAGE DESIGN BY OLIVE CHUThis job-training program tries to prepare kids for the ‘real world’
1005Education
2019 SEPTEMBER 30
sk any young person what they want to
be when they grow up, and you most
likely will get lofty answers, such as a
pro-football player or a YouTube star.
While admirable, it may be worthwhile to temper
these expectations and get kids thinking about
a plan B that incorporates their dreams into the
real world.Topic TalksReadings