You surely have developed an impressive program. I hope it does well in the competition.
I wonder what you think makes Segue -- such an uncomplicated program -- so powerful for your young men. My own thought is that perhaps young men are feeling especially discouraged about their futures. Girls have benefited from a national pep rally, so to speak, that makes them feel loved, respected and valued. Boys, on the other hand, have not heard much that's positive about who they are. Do you think perhaps that by spending time with these young men the speakers are delivering a sort of personal pep rally? "You can do it!" In that regard I wonder if most of your speakers are male and whether the sex of the speaker is important to how much effect they have on the young men. What do you think about that?
Jack (John R.) Kammer
University of Maryland
Current student, MSW/MBA Dual-Degree Program
There are a number of factors that make Segue so powerful for young men, one of which you note in your first sentence: It is uncomplicated. Therefore it can be replicated broadly and quickly. I agree with you observation that young men are feeling discouraged. Back to simplicity, and its power, especially in this program:
1. How can the possible choose a career path when they don't even know their options? They MUST have options beyond gangs and other under-productive paths. With 70%+ recidivism, we will loose them without showing them options that THEY are enthused about.
2. Reality. It doesn't get much more simple. We don't need to convince the young men of anything but the idea that their efforts, now, are for their own personal benefit. This is true. This is reality. No tricks required. The more effort they put into their OWN lives now, the more options and success they will have in their future.
3. The source and format of the information. Young men, as we all know, do not easily hear what their parents have to say. They are closed to it. Enter speakers from the workforce, strangers to them, and they can hear the same advice that their parents often offer; however, this advice from outside is NOT in lecture format, not in "you're wrong" format. It is simply through the authentic experiences of the speaker that each speaker becomes an example, living proof, of how the world works: you pay your dues, do good work, get ahead.
4. When students hear this SAME advice (between the lines of the career path stories) multiple times per year, whether from a carpenter or a lawyer or a chef, it's hard to refute that indeed, these are the rules-of-the-game and I'd be smart to take it in. See also verbatim feedback, and quantitative findings, in the attached Program Evaluation. Thanks!
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Hello, Jerry.
You surely have developed an impressive program. I hope it does well in the competition.
I wonder what you think makes Segue -- such an uncomplicated program -- so powerful for your young men. My own thought is that perhaps young men are feeling especially discouraged about their futures. Girls have benefited from a national pep rally, so to speak, that makes them feel loved, respected and valued. Boys, on the other hand, have not heard much that's positive about who they are. Do you think perhaps that by spending time with these young men the speakers are delivering a sort of personal pep rally? "You can do it!" In that regard I wonder if most of your speakers are male and whether the sex of the speaker is important to how much effect they have on the young men. What do you think about that?
Jack (John R.) Kammer
University of Maryland
Current student, MSW/MBA Dual-Degree Program
There are a number of factors that make Segue so powerful for young men, one of which you note in your first sentence: It is uncomplicated. Therefore it can be replicated broadly and quickly. I agree with you observation that young men are feeling discouraged. Back to simplicity, and its power, especially in this program:
1. How can the possible choose a career path when they don't even know their options? They MUST have options beyond gangs and other under-productive paths. With 70%+ recidivism, we will loose them without showing them options that THEY are enthused about.
2. Reality. It doesn't get much more simple. We don't need to convince the young men of anything but the idea that their efforts, now, are for their own personal benefit. This is true. This is reality. No tricks required. The more effort they put into their OWN lives now, the more options and success they will have in their future.
3. The source and format of the information. Young men, as we all know, do not easily hear what their parents have to say. They are closed to it. Enter speakers from the workforce, strangers to them, and they can hear the same advice that their parents often offer; however, this advice from outside is NOT in lecture format, not in "you're wrong" format. It is simply through the authentic experiences of the speaker that each speaker becomes an example, living proof, of how the world works: you pay your dues, do good work, get ahead.
4. When students hear this SAME advice (between the lines of the career path stories) multiple times per year, whether from a carpenter or a lawyer or a chef, it's hard to refute that indeed, these are the rules-of-the-game and I'd be smart to take it in. See also verbatim feedback, and quantitative findings, in the attached Program Evaluation. Thanks!
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