"Success Clubs" in schools?

[Woodznutz]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

Nobody would attend.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

We need general education for all high school students centered around making money and responsibly managing finances. We need to get kids involved in investing. Teach them about the stock market and other ways to grow their money. This was something sorely lacking when I was in high school, but it's a good thing I learned the Pythagorean Theorem. That comes in great use during tax season...

 

[Woodznutz]

We need general education for all high school students centered around making money and responsibly managing finances. We need to get kids involved in investing. Teach them about the stock market and other ways to grow their money. This was something sorely lacking when I was in high school, but it's a good thing I learned the Pythagorean Theorem. That comes in great use during tax season...

The foundation of success is health. That needs to be emphasized to all students and be a constant theme all through their school years.

We had a class on taxes and even had to fill out a sample tax form. It was all Greek to most of us.

 

[shockedcanadian]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

Success is racist!

 

[initforme]

Dumbest idea ever. These are kids.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

We need general education for all high school students centered around making money and responsibly managing finances. We need to get kids involved in investing. Teach them about the stock market and other ways to grow their money. This was something sorely lacking when I was in high school, but it's a good thing I learned the Pythagorean Theorem. That comes in great use during tax season...

Stolen content. We teach all that shit you claimed we don't. Maybe in your era that was true.

 

[Concerned American]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

We had Junior Achievement when I was in school. Haven't heard much about it these days, but I guess it still exists.

Junior Achievement​

International non-profit youth organization founded in 1919
jaworldwide.org
JA Worldwide is the global coordinating body of the Junior Achievement network, a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 in the United States by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane. It supports member organizations that deliver classroom and experiential programs in work readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. As of 2024, the network operates in more than 100 countries and reaches roughly ten million students annually, according to the World Economic Forum. Wikipedia

Founders	Theodore Vail, Horace A. Moses, Winthrop M. Crane
Type	International NGO
Legal status	501(c)(3)

 

[initforme]

A club for kids to pat each other on the back.

 

[initforme]

How do they know they will be successful? Because they have a high scholl diploma? A strong work ethic will not ensure one isnt poor. Millions of incredibly driven and hard working americans are poor. Those are the people the two major parties could care less about.

 

[Concerned American]

How do they know they will be successful? Because they have a high scholl diploma?

It's evident that diploma didn't help you. ^^^^

 

[initforme]

It's evident that diploma didn't help you. ^^^^

Spent 52 years toiling in this godfarsaken rat race. Such a"dream" as many refer to it. Laughable.

 

[braalian]

We had various after school clubs in high school, all non-academic and largely social. We should have "success clubs" for those who want to prepare for success while still in school. Foundational principles for achieving success could be taught by local leaders and successful businessmen and women. Admission to the club would require grades above a certain level as well as a good conduct history.

That all just sounds incredibly vague and impossible to translate into an actual class

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

it's a good thing I learned the Pythagorean Theorem.

The Sum of the Squirrels on the Right and Left Equals the Squirrel of the Hippopotamus

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Success is racist!

It's Birth-Classist

 

[Concerned American]

Spent 52 years toiling in this godfarsaken rat race. Such a"dream" as many refer to it. Laughable.

You're right, if you couldn't figure it out in 52 years, you're never going to. Most are a little quicker on the uptake than you obviously are.

 

[initforme]

You're right, if you couldn't figure it out in 52 years, you're never going to. Most are a little quicker on the uptake than you obviously are.

There is no "dream" nor should be tell young people to ascribe to it. Tell them life is going to be a grind. Prepare them for the reality.

 

[Concerned American]

There is no "dream" nor should be tell young people to ascribe to it. Tell them life is going to be a grind. Prepare them for the reality.

Which only goes to show that nothing worth having comes free or easily. That is reality---$50/hr to flip burgers is not reality and never will be unless a dollar is worth much less than it is now. Success Clubs would teach that.

 

[initforme]

Which only goes to show that nothing worth having comes free or easily. That is reality---$50/hr to flip burgers is not reality and never will be unless a dollar is worth much less than it is now. Success Clubs would teach that.

Agreed. But trying to sell them the "american dream" is something that is reality is not the correct way. Its a disservice. Learn a skill that enables one to job hop consistently to higher wages. No 2 week notice. Thats wrong in every way fathomable.

 

[Concerned American]

Agreed. But trying to sell them the "american dream" is something that is reality is not the correct way. Its a disservice. Learn a skill that enables one to job hop consistently to higher wages. No 2 week notice. Thats wrong in every way fathomable.

The American Dream isn't getting things free. The American Dream is if you work hard and persevere, you will succeed. Conversely, if you sit on your butt and expect everything to be given to you, you will not succeed. Simple. BTW, the topic is Success Clubs in school--not your version of the American Dream.