Transition Year Research Paper
Speech
“Work experience in transition year is a waste of time”
Hello, I’m …….., a transition year student in ……………… in donegal.
Recently transition year students were given the topic ''work experience in transition year is a waste of time''. I am here today to express my opinion to you on this topic.
Currently transition year students in ccs are given the opportunity to partake in 2 weeks of work experience, one week in the first term and the other week in the second term.
I believe work experience is a very valuable aspect of transition year. Personally, Work experience was the main reason I chose to do transition year. In third year we are expected to choose our subjects for the leaving certificate. These subjects will then affect college courses …show more content…
The idea of experiencing a work setting and sampling the work sounded very appealing to me.
For a while I had my heart set on studying dentistry and becoming a dental nurse and when the time came to apply for work experience a dentists was on the top of my list. However as I began to imagine the different procedures I would witness that week I felt queasy. I quickly withdrew my application. This became the first lesson work experience taught me.
I then decided to go to my old primary school. I enjoyed every minute of my time there! I got so many chances to learn new skills and improve on skills I already possess .During the week I spoke to many classroom teachers, resource teachers and classroom assistants. I found primary school teaching really appealing as a career.
I would never have known about my interest in primary school teaching if it wasn’t for the insight into it provided by work experience. I know have looked at courses that are suitable and I am aiming to study education with
“Work experience in transition year is a waste of time”
Hello, I’m …….., a transition year student in ……………… in donegal.
Recently transition year students were given the topic ''work experience in transition year is a waste of time''. I am here today to express my opinion to you on this topic.
Currently transition year students in ccs are given the opportunity to partake in 2 weeks of work experience, one week in the first term and the other week in the second term.
I believe work experience is a very valuable aspect of transition year. Personally, Work experience was the main reason I chose to do transition year. In third year we are expected to choose our subjects for the leaving certificate. These subjects will then affect college courses …show more content…
The idea of experiencing a work setting and sampling the work sounded very appealing to me.
For a while I had my heart set on studying dentistry and becoming a dental nurse and when the time came to apply for work experience a dentists was on the top of my list. However as I began to imagine the different procedures I would witness that week I felt queasy. I quickly withdrew my application. This became the first lesson work experience taught me.
I then decided to go to my old primary school. I enjoyed every minute of my time there! I got so many chances to learn new skills and improve on skills I already possess .During the week I spoke to many classroom teachers, resource teachers and classroom assistants. I found primary school teaching really appealing as a career.
I would never have known about my interest in primary school teaching if it wasn’t for the insight into it provided by work experience. I know have looked at courses that are suitable and I am aiming to study education with