PRLog (Press Release) -
Dec 09, 2009 -
“School is like traveling. One must choose a destination and map out a route to get to the destination;
otherwise one will end up nowhere frustrated and angry. Urban students are becoming high school dropouts as they lack an ending destination, whether it is high school graduation, college or career” states Ida Byrd-Hill, President of Upheaval Media.
Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School, an alternative high school in Detroit that catered to high school dropouts and adjudicated youth, generated an eighty (80%) graduation rate amongst its high school dropout population utilizing the Follow Your Inner Compass Teen program to inspire their entire building to become college prep minded. High school graduation is a must to college admissions.
Follow Your Inner Compass Teen
http://www.followyourinnercompass.com is a book and web -based career exploration/
college preparation program that utilizes video and game-based activities in combination with a scaled down version of the Myers-Briggs Personality test to determine a students’ personality type. Armed with the creation of a pictorial Lifestyle Map and their personality type, a student can find careers suited specific to their personality. They are able to match potential careers to college programs and tour colleges virtually.
Follow Your Inner Compass Teen is a program is suitable for students ages 10 -18, grades 4th through 12th. The activities relate to the companion book and is especially suitable for boys, and alternative students.
Upheaval Media, Inc. provides schools, school districts, colleges and youth organizations with books, web-based programs and workshops to incorporate academic skills into every day life to improve student performance at school and on standardized exams.
