When the fire alarm goes off in your school you have a fire escape
exit that is the first, or "preferred" choice for the classroom
in which you happen to be at the moment. It is usually the exit that is
the closest and most convenient for leaving the building.
You also have an
"alternate" exit just in case the first exit is blocked.
It is important that you know where both exits are
located.
It is also important that you know how to get to the
"alternate" exit from the location of your primary or
"preferred" exit. Because if you ever find yourself in a life
and death situation and your first exit is blocked, you won’t have time
to waste. You will have to proceed quickly and directly to the alternate
exit in order to escape the danger.
Admittedly, the chances of both exits
being blocked at the same time are slim since your alternate exit is
usually in a much different location in the building. This too is
important, for if your alternate exit happens to be blocked, you are in
very serious trouble since you seldom have a second alternate exit.
And so it is with your post-secondary education path.
If the preferred path to a satisfactory career (comparable to the
preferred fire escape exit at your school) doesn’t work, then you will
be forced to take another alternate path (comparable to the alternate fire
escape exit). You should know what that path is before you have to use it,
because if you fail to find satisfaction the first time around, you will
likely be in a desperate state of mind and blindly try to find your way
out of a bad situation.
As we go through the next section you will begin to understand why the
private career colleges have become the "preferred option" when your first "preferred path" doesn’t give you
the desired outcome you were looking for.
