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Ninth-graders at work

In the United States, it is the day after the presidential election,. In Canada, it is the day that parents of ninth-graders take their kids to work.

The tradition was started in Ontario in the early 1990s by The Learning Partnership, a non-profit champion of public education. Take Our Kids to Work Day has since gone national, and today some 250,000 students are expected to participate with their parents (or someone else's parent) at 75,000 workplaces across the country.

Workplaces of all kinds are involved, from newsrooms to bank branches, from hospitals to police stations, and from training facilities for carpenters and electricians to the Ontario Legislature and city hall. Some employers have special programs geared for the students; others just let them shadow their parents.

The goal, says Veronica Lacey, president of The Learning Partnership, is to stress the importance of career choices for the students. As early as Grade 9, they start deciding what courses to take in order to achieve their career goals.

But over time, adds Lacey, "the day has evolved into something deeper and more significant." Students get to see just how hard their parents work for a living. They come away with a new respect for hard work and a realization that "all work is honourable."

The Star salutes the students and parents participating today in Take Our Kids to Work Day.
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(1) But over time, adds Lacey, "the day has evolved into something deeper and more significant." Students get to see just how hard their parents work for a living
(2) In Canada, it is the day that parents of ninth-graders take their kids to work.

(3) Take Our Kids to Work Day has since gone national, and today some 250,000 students are expected to participate with their parents (or someone else's parent) at 75,000 workplaces across the country.

(4) Some employers have special programs geared for the students; others just let them shadow their parents.

(5) to stress the importance of career choices for the students. As early as Grade 9, they start deciding what courses to take in order to achieve their career goals.

(6) The Star salutes the students and parents participating today in Take Our Kids to Work Day.