Jeff, We are launching a space in Boston that will have homework helper tables for students. We are starting with this simple service but believe it will have profound results. (Hopefully) Our belief is that it will make a big difference for them to view a working environment... not a tour, not a one day field trip but a 2-5 day a week experience. We are tribal by nature if not nurture. We no longer can see the roles and responsibilities of others in the tribe to see what we gravitate to during our younger years. No wonder our teens are so freaked out. They have no purview into what the experience of the life as an adult might look like or feel like. They might actually appreciate not being actively involved... let them observe and do their homework which they need to do anyway.. Once we are up and running, this summer, we will see if this helps or if we need to engage them more into the tribe. My gut initially says no... they have enough on their plates. Good luck!
~ Janice Caillet On Apr 23, 2014 12:22 PM, "Jeffery Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to this group but I'm wondering if any of you are familiar > with efforts by coworking spaces to engage high school-aged youth. I'm > trying to figure out how to connect high school students to entrepreneurs & > startups, and to help them think of possible career choices beyond going to > work for someone else. > > Are there examples of coworking spaces that make an effort to engage high > school students in their events or even have events designed especially for > them? Or for teachers and/or youth workers? Are there examples of spaces > working closely with high schools in some way? Are there spaces where high > school students are invited to work? > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
