Just a few weeks ago I have had the opportunity to go to a few different schools across the island speaking to 14 and 15 year olds about goals as a part of an introduction to the Junior Achievement – Company Program.
I was absolutely thrilled to receive the invitation to speak with these young minds and I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with these beautiful and fun loving individuals.
It was of course an absolute shock to me that approximately 75 % of them did not know what a goal was, which inevitably meant that a vast minority of them at the age of 14 and 15 did not have goals. Now granted, over this 2 week period I have only been able to speak to about 120 of them or so, but the way I see it, those 120 are just a minuscule sample of the youth population of the world.
I strongly believe that for even 1 child over the age of 7 (if it even has to be that high) not to know what a goal is is absolutely unacceptable.
These young ones are the future of our universe. The world is in their hands. The earth is theirs. We need to take the time to guide them in the direction where they can achieve phenomenal things. We need to get them to a point where they can dream and dream big and then submerge themselves in their achievements.
I can go on and on about this. But for now I want you to think about it and tell me what you can and will do about this situation before it is too late.
