- Aspirations and Goals
- Imagining their future selves
“I guess starting your career. I might settle down at 25.”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
Youth Quote Search
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- Impact of personal attributes and characteristics
- Pathways
“Positive: White/Caucasian, Irish, Christian, west coast, introspective. Negative: down to earth, humorous, off the beaten path.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Aspirations and Goals
- Imagining their future selves
“At 25, I’ll maybe have an entry level chemistry job once I graduate from school. I’ll probably have a girlfriend, maybe not. I’m probably just living in Seattle alone, so starting my career at that point, like starting to get into contact with bigger chemistry companies. Or and then by 45, I want to have worked my way up the chain; maybe being like the head of one of the branches or doing something, maybe get a chemistry, chemical engineering degree.”
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Characterizations of a good job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Benefits. If there is health care and stuff like that.”
Participant:
- Belle Glade, FL
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Family
“And she told me she had my auntie us, to watch over my little brother. And he was playing, and he ran in the road, in the street, he got hit by a 18-wheeler.”
Participant:
- Greenville, MS
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Impact of personal attributes and characteristics
- Pathways
“You’re your own support. Look in the mirror.”
Participant:
- Chicago, IL
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Aspirations and Goals
- Imagining their future selves
“[At 45] A) I live somewhere in another state other that California. B) I make money off investing, and my job in my career path. C) My money, husband, happiness, finically stability is important to me. D) My mother, husband, family, friends. 2) It makes me feel excited to think about my future.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Perceptions of the term 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Grateful.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Describing Identity
- Race, ethnicity, gender, culture
“I’m female; I’m Caucasian, and, even though the rest of my family is Christian, I have always seen myself as an atheist.”
Participant:
- Los Angeles, CA
- white
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Time, money, responsibility, sustenance, progress, and corporate.”
Participant:
- Chicago, IL
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- higher income