School Story Lab
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“The Real Workforce”
“Well, I think like the way I saw school, I mean, I used to think that schools were like institutions for learning, but now, and I think this is kind of sad, I see ee them more as like jobs training programs, where it's like the name of the school matters so much, not because what you learn from the school, but just 'cause the prestige of it, and it gives you so many credentials in the in your professional life. So I think it's just like the way I saw school. Where it's like, oh, instead of actually using the things I learned in school and applying them to the real workforce, more so, like who do I meet, and what clubs am I doing at school, that's gonna be so much more important. So I think that lends itself to me choosing CS.”
Male, USA
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We Collect School Stories
School Story Lab is a student-run lab directed by Professor Susan D. Blum at the University of Notre Dame. We want to provide a place for people from all countries to talk about their experiences in all levels of schools: the joys and fears, triumphs and shame, friendships and loneliness, curiosity and boredom, and everything else that accompanies the experience of school. School is about what people learn, how people learn, what they don’t learn, who they learn with. We want to know what it feels like. Tell us your stories!
What brought you to this moment, and what is next?
Guiding light of this study is to examine how did you come to study what you are studying, what brought you to this educational path, and what does this mean for you in the future? What factors (wealth, family, passion, societal expectations) have shaped your educational journey?