- Perceptions of the term 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Being able to choose anything you wanna pursue in. Any career.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- mixed income
Youth Quote Search
Welcome to the Striving to Thriving Youth Quote Library. Here you’ll find a curated collection of more than 5,700 quotes from young people ages 15-22 living in communities across the United States. In the library you can see how young people describe their multifaceted identities, how they understand and apply meaning to language around job, work and career, how they think about and assign value to relationships, networking and connections, and their future goals and the education and career choices they believe will lead them there. You can also view additional notes on curation, categories and filters.
- Education
- Perceptions of college and postsecondary
“They were interested in their major, had lots of friends and were active on campus.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Reflections on Focus Group Experience
- Takeaways
“Just everybody’s different perspective, it gave me a lot of insight. And I was exposed to a lot of different ways that other people think. It was like a good reminder that, you know, we’re all different, but we’re really all the same, so, yeah.”
Participant:
- New York, NY
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Attributes and characteristics
- Describing Identity
“I like music. I like making music. I feel like I can, you know, if I can be able to sing, rap, make another music, I’m real talented. And then if I can do hair, do all types of hair, I’m really talented. I feel like if I could dance…”
Participant:
- Chicago, IL
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Characterizations of a good job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
[Description of “Good Job”] “You’re not living paycheck to paycheck. You’re not struggling to pay off all your bills, and then…”
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Money.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Discrimination and Bias
“The police [are a challenge to achieving my goal].”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Discrimination and Bias
“The [police] can ruin a life.”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Attributes and characteristics
- Describing Identity
“They say I am easy to talk to and argumentative.”
Participant:
- Oakland, CA
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- mixed income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Discrimination and Bias
“Every time we take a step forward, they knock us down; 5 steps backwards.”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income