Passion In Students

It is my opinion that if you can find a students passion at an early age, you will produce an excellent student. Programs that help students participate in diversified careers need to start at a younger age. In most schools these programs start to heat up at about the high school age. For some students with great ability it is too late. Some students have already started down the road of bad study habits and not learned the appropriate skills with which they will need to persue their passion. Although, its never too late to pursue your passion, it can become rather difficult the later you start. I would like to see the movement for students to participate and test careers to move toward the junior high ages. Programs within the community that will allow students of this age to become familiar with all sorts of careers such as medicine, engineering, and law. Its not unnatural for students in general to not be overwhelmingly obsessed with school. However, if they can find their passion at ages 12-14 then that may spark something inside of them that helps to realize why their education is important to them. Some schools may already have programs like this established but I'm quite sure that not every school does. At least not the school I attended. It's important that the educational system realize that students that are passionate are better learners. I believe that it will be one of our main responsibilities as future teachers to help students find their passion.