What I Saw When I Looked at High School

What I Saw When I Looked at High SchoolAs a parent of a high school student, it is essential that you compare Constrast How Did You Decide on the College You Would Attend Essaouira? to discover if you should stay in South America, get your degree or transfer your credits. If you have just moved to South America and are wondering what to do next, or if you want to make certain that your family stays together for the long term, there are several things you can learn from this book.By the time high school students start applying to college, they know which schools to apply to. However, this is not the case with many of today's parents who wonder if the University is a good fit for their child. It can be a confusing time for any parent when learning about the process of applying to colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.To help parents out, Jean Piaget, a psychologist, used her own experience as a child to write What I Saw When I Looked at High School. This book is fil led with life experiences of Jean Piaget, who was also the child researcher for the child development program at the Laboratory of Developmental Studies in Belgium. The methods she learned from this project will be especially useful to high school students. Each chapter features a major personal experience of Piaget's life and how she uses these experiences in her research.Piaget's mission is to 'help educate high school students to be well-informed decision makers.' Her research results and observations give insight into why the students chose the colleges they did.The first chapter covers the personal story of Piaget's child and explains what a major influence on her experiences as a young student have on her thinking as a high school graduate. Piaget's son was one of several children, and she spent a lot of time interviewing his classmates. She has designed the process of interviewing each of her sons' classmates in her home and not only in school, so parents can understand her f indings.On pp. 17 and 18, Piaget discusses the experience of studying abroad in an international college or university. She discusses how different studying cultures can affect students' education and how students adjust when they move from one place to another. The chapters on English and Spanish are particularly informative because both of these languages are spoken in every corner of the world.After discussing what Piaget saw as a high school student, she delves into the course of her son's adult life. She shares information on her research of her son's work and his business endeavors. This section covers her observations of him as a business owner, investor and entrepreneur.By the time parents see their children going off to college, they are already feeling the effects of the high school experience. For parents who are unsure of whether their children should go off to college, Piaget's book provides an insider's view of why this is so. If you are still unsure of what college to send your children to, this book will provide you with valuable insights about the subject.