Four Pillars to Success

Kids are struggling today more than ever to deal with the pressures of life.  Seventy percent of kids within the Toledo public school system come from single-parent homes.  Single parents do what they can to provide for their children; however, the reality is that everything single parents need to accomplish in a day to support their children sometimes does not allow time for assisting their children with homework.  Every child can benefit from tutoring, and developing a system to provide effective, efficient tutoring support is paramount to a child's future success.

For years many of us have been told and have told others, if you want to succeed professionally, you have to go to college.  In doing so, we have done today's youth a big disservice.  Although some careers require a secondary degree and others a master's or doctorate, many high paying jobs do not require any college degree.  Our goal is to expose kids at a young age to numerous career opportunities through job shadowing and internships to help them identify career opportunities that fit their interests.  Once they know what they want to do, they can then determine the minimum education required to qualify for their desired job.  I know a high number of young men and women who are in their mid to late 20's, who have $10,000 to $50,000 worth of student loans, who do not have a degree and still are not sure of what they want to do to make a living.  We need to do everything we can to prevent this from continuing to happen.