A unique, illustrated guide to the world of work, bringing clarity to children’s essential questions on potential future careers.
It’s impossible for a child to spend too long around adults without one of them coming up and asking, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ They mean for this to be a relatively simple question; the idea is that you’ll quite easily be able to say something like, ‘A teacher’ or ‘A doctor’ and then the adult will move on—and bother someone else.
But the truth can be a lot more complicated, and if you’ve ever felt confused or annoyed by the question, you have every right: Knowing what you might want to do with your working life is one of the biggest, oddest, and hardest questions of all. It might take many decades to find a good answer to it—and it’s one that most adults are still grappling with…
This is a unique book about careers and the world of work written expressly for children. It takes us on a journey around some of the most essential questions within the topic: How can one discover one’s passions?, what should a ‘good’ job involve?, what is a good amount of money to try to make?, how does the economy function?—and acknowledges that the job you might do one day probably doesn’t even exist now. The result is a book that should spark some exceptionally fruitful conversations and help children look to their future work life with positivity and anticipation.
İçerik tablosu
Introduction
What is a job?
Why are there so many different jobs?
Why many jobs can be a bit boring
How do jobs get invented?
Good and bad jobs
Why adverts matter
Visible and invisible jobs
Why do some people get paid more than others
How important is money?
What makes a job enjoyable?
What do you really enjoy?
How is work like school?
Why do people end up in jobs they don’t like?
How to answer people who ask you what you’re going to do
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Tyla Mason is an illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa. She graduated from Cape Town Creative Academy with a BA in Communication Design, and has since created illustrations for Casimir magazine, Rookie, and Malala Fund.
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