Likemanystudents,Ryanbelievesthatthetimeandmoneyspentonhiseducationwillpayoff:hewilleventuallybeabletogetagoodjobanddowellinthefieldhehaschosen.Andyet,(51)___alloftheyearsspentinschoolpreparingto
Likemanystudents,Ryanbelievesthatthetimeandmoneyspentonhiseducationwillpayoff:hewilleventuallybeabletogetagoodjobanddowellinthefieldhehaschosen.Andyet,(51)___alloftheyearsspentinschoolpreparingtoentertheworkplace,manyrecentgraduatessaythattheystrugglewiththe(52)___fromclassroomtocareerworldandhavedifficulty (53)___lifeonthejob.
WriterandeditorJosephLewissuggestsonereasonwhythisisthecase.Lewisbelievesthatmostofourschoolexperiences-fromchildhoodthroughuniversity-arefairly (54)___,whilelifeintheworkingworldisfarmoreuncertain.Inschool,(55)___,thepatternstaysmoreorlessthesamefromyeartoyear.Intheworkplace,however,constant(56)___isthenorm,andonehastoadaptquickly.
Anotherproblemthatgraduatesenteringtheworkforceencounteristhattheyare (57)___tothinkanalytically.Inschool,manystudentsincludingthoseincollege,spendalotoftimememorizingfactsandrepeatingwhatthey"learned"ontests.Butintheworkplaceemployees"areoftenexpectedtothinkcriticallyandmake (58)___abouttheirwork,notjustfollowasupervisor'sinstructions."Lesstimeneedstobespentinschoolontesting,saysonerecentreport,andmoreonhelpingstudentstoanalyzeandinterpretinformation,solveproblems,andcommunicatetheirideaseffectively-skillsthatwillpreparethemtosucceedintoday'sworkplace.
Finally,manyrecentgraduatessaythatoneofthebiggestdifficultiestheyfaceisadaptingto (59)___onthejob.Intheworkplace,employeesmustregularly (60)___withothersandareoftendependentontheirco-workersfortheirsuccess.Inotherwords,ifanemployeehastoworkwithotherstocompleteagivenproject,thatemployee's (61)___notonlydependsonhishardworkandexpertise,butalsoonhowwellhiscolleaguesperform.Knowinghowtoparticipateeffectivelyinteamwork-anddealwithproblemswhentheyarise-isextremelyimportant,andyet,itisalsosomethingmanystudentsdon'tgetquite(62)___toinaschoolsetting.
Howcanwebetterprepareyoungadultsfortheworkplace?Recentgraduates,lookingbackontheireducationalexperience,havesome (63)___.Manythinkthatallstudentsshouldberequiredtodoa