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worked 70 to 80 hours per week separated from theirfamilies. They have enjoyed tremendous Success, selfsatisfactionand found the desire to continue.The other type of Job Corps Centers are located in orIf we are successful with our educational programs, i~is our hope to affect in some way the future educationapatt~rn fo~ youth. We don't want t~e. Job Corp:ktOo;r~on indefinitely and are actually stnvmg t.o wobecomeselves out of a job. We do want the public to ldalarmed to the fact that education today has got to ehichitself into whatever are the needs of the youth WIdit is serving. It can't afford to allow ~oung ~~y:v:l:egirls to reject it. Our system of edu~atlOn mUeducatorsto the point of never knowing a misfit. We. fithave, for a long time, made the mistake of ~~g ~oarethe student to the program. We in the Job rpdevoting our time and efforts into fitting the programto the individual.aruWe will have failures and, as in any youth pr~~rureof today, those you will read about. But each realandinitiates intensive research to search for rnabetter ways of reaching all youth.Out'We are also experiencing tremendous succesS.busijobplacement division is finding more and moreA teacher and student work on academic skills at CatoctinJob Corps Center.near urban areas. These centers (there are now 15) areoperated by corporations or groups other than the FederalGovernment. In this program there are centers forboth 16-21-year-oldmen and women. The Urban Centersdevote their time to basic and vocational education.There is no work program as such. The centers are larger+some to 3,OOO-than the Conservation Centers andtherefore present their staffs with the problem of dealingwith so many corpsmen on a personal basis. The UrbanCenters offer training in such areas as heavy equipmentoperation, mechanics, small machine repair and the culinaryarts. Women's Centers offer some of the above pluscosmetology, clerical and home economics.With employabfhty as our goal we have taken tremendousstrides to enable more young people to becomeproductive members of our society. There are now over25,000 16-21-year-olds in 95 Job Corps Centers. We haveexperienced many problems in attempting to operate theprogram. It is important to remember that the boys andgirls (men and women if you wish), who come to us arealready losers. They have already dropped out of highschool and have experienced failure over and overagain. They are in many instances without hope or home.But they come looking, searching, reaching for a purpose.A reading class at Catoctin oraoucee newly acquiredskills.Thosenesses which are. seeking Job Corps graduates'rogramcorpsmen and women who have completed our ~e levelare able to read at least on the 7th to 9th gra toand in addition to wanting to work they know howandhold a job. They are now able to enjoy self respectcan help to mold our future society.theyThey smile outwardly while I smile Inwardlv assay, "Baby, I'm swinging,' It's My World, Too.pageeighr