tim s ente .
job m et to t e
que 'on more literally.
a group ain
� migming too late. They
. be competing for
of a m rure eco-
fo the next generation by
becoming part of 81'0 th
in all par of this nation.
To a young person contem­
plating a career 0 job, this
may mean giving up a famil­
iar environment to strike
out on her-hi 0 • Such
youn
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endi g college
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Other fmdin r la .
to arch 1979 are the fol­
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emp oym t rate
. e fo tho ith ju
n to three years of hi
hool (11.9 percent for
n and 12.7 percent fo
men. This largely
be u of the hi mCI­
d nee of unemployment
y perso 0
not yet comp ted
001.
• In arch 1979, .
• 0 en averaged 12.0
years of education ( com­
pared with 12.7 year for
bite d 12.3 years for
B , up from 11.2 years
in arch 1974. <her
same period, th proportion
of orkers with
10m gre from
16.5 percent to 19.6 per­
cent.
• Although Hispanic
.had cornp eted f er years
of ooling than either
B s- or white B s
re more likely to exper­
ience unemployment. For
example, in arch 1979
th unemplo ent rate of
Bl with four year f OT
high school 13 percent
compared with 8 percent
for Hispanics and 5 percent
for bite
omen in e labor
16 yean and 0
a about
ye of education men
(12.6) in aah 1979. Ho -
ner, abou 45 percent of
the omen completed
only four y s of high
I compared with 37
percent of the men. al
o�en Mt
more ely to
college. .
• For men a well
unemp oyment
ith t number
hooling. Un-
. s, ho ever, may be out­
eighed by the odds against
tho who refu to do .
ere ould young
people t their 'ght? Set
them to ard th horizon
and wid enough to e in
all po ibili tie .
1. Consider middle-siz-
ed citi Generally
ing, many- are areas of eco­
nomic gro tho
2. Con ider the region
of the uth de.
They are not only growing,
but they ha 10 er relative
unemployment for B s.
This' not to v that there
are not other dra b and
trade-offs to be con - ered,
3. ork hard t tting
the , most current, and
roo accurate inform tion
about job opportunitie ..
4. Do not limit your
job Ie ch to regions
friends d relati are lo-
cated. If the B commu-
nity is going to out
opportuniti , there
mu be peop willing to
be first,
5. U the t gal options
fought for by your fore­
bears to fight discrimination
in th orkp and in
housing. I one of the
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MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
WE ISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK
B.H.H.S. SENIORS CLASS OF 80
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not iust what you ave done,
but what you can do,
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rize this number (EPA esti­
mat�40 PG). Thefinaltest
takes place in a 1980 Rabb'
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Compare this estimate to the esti­
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get diff nt mi e depending on
h faSt -you drive, weather co di-
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