JOB CORPS
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.  a) 1964.
  b) President Lyndon Johnson.
  c) War on Poverty.
2.  a) 125 Job Corps Centers.
  b) Over 60,000 young people trained yearly.
3.  Students' example of 5 career paths.
4.  Location that offers the career path they want.
5.  a) Student's opinion.
  b) Student's reason.
6.	 Curfews;	uniforms	worn;	no	drugs;	no	conflicts.
7.  About 80% graduate.
8.  Student's opinion.
9.  Hard work, focus, commitment, motivation.
10.  16-24 years old; in need of job skills; no court 
dates	or	outstanding	fines;	low	income.
11.  Person receives public (government) assistance 
(money); person earns poverty level income.
12.  18-year-old high school dropout;belongs to 
minority group; never held full-time job. 
13.  Reading, writing, listening, talking.
14.  a) Student's opinion.
  b) Reason for opinion.
15.  a) How to read signs, schedules, dictionary, 
catalogs, maps graphs, charts, forms.
  b) Know same meaning, opposite meaning, cor -
rect word for situation.
  c) Can present details of event in correct order.
  d) Can present summary of situation, support -
ing evidence, fact versus opinion, each person's 
point of view.
16.  Student's opinion.
17.  Student's opinion.
18.  Student's opinion.
19.  a) Carpenters are taught how to measure and cut 
wood.
  b) Truck drivers are taught how to measure a 
truck's	cargo	area	and	how	many	boxes	will	fit.
20. www.jobcorps.gov