For any grad feeling overwhelmed by the many choices and unknowns surrounding their future, author of 'To The Next Step', Kyle Grappone, shares what you need to know to graduate with confidence. 1. What should all students know before graduation? Students should know what the real world is like. It is impossible to be prepared for every aspect of growing up and entering your career but you can take several serious steps to gain a pretty good understanding of what is coming ne

It’s June, and for millions of high school and college students across the country that means graduation. Hundreds of thousands of the world’s most talented, capable young people are heading out into the world to make their mark. Here in the Bay Area, the birthplace of the startup, creating your own company or organization can feel like the only true measure of success. I’m asking graduates to consider joining something first instead. More people are committed to being active

Newly graduated 18-year-old, Brydee Pickup sheds light on her schooling experience, reminding us we don’t need to know where we’re going - that trying our hardest is more than enough! If I could go back in time and interview myself after graduation, I’m pretty sure (Or at least I’d like to think I had this much insight) that it would go something along the lines of this interview. If you don't know me you can assume this is how I would respond at the age of 18. And if you do

At some point we all think about the freedom of a life after school. What will it be like having no homework, not having to wear a uniform and not having to come and sit within the same concrete walls every day? With a pending countdown to the last day of year 12 we begin to think about what life will be like as an adult in the “real” world? This excitement can quickly be overshadowed by the confusion that comes with not knowing what to do after school. With so many options t