Real Life Experiences Using Classified Ads
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A GREAT SUPPLEMENT...
This project was written to give students the opportunity to experience vicariously real-life employment-related situations. Much role playing takes place as the student moves from becoming aware that a job is needed to survive as an adult to seeking and obtaining that job realistic experiences of completing a job application and interviewing for the position.
Both the job application form and the interview ideas are printed in the book. After a job has been secured, the student is given thought-provoking ideas about budgeting income to allow for living expenses. Newspaper ads are used to find the data needed to complete the various worksheets and to work with the spreadsheets. To cite an example, the budget worksheet guides the student in learning about such terms as budget, salary, hourly, weekly, monthly income, income taxes, gross salary and net income.
The mathematics involved in these terms is explained, and sample problems are surveyed. The data collected by students can be entered and manipulated to solve problems related to budgeting income. The MIDMATH project would be a great supplement to the usual curriculum requirements.
D. Margotta, Green Bay, WI 54311
