By Francis J. Brown
Consultant, American Council on Education

Revised by E.G. Williamson
Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota

(Published June 1945)

Introduction: “Just Wait Till I Get Out of the Army!”

What Is Important?

• What do you learn in school?
• Training for a particular kind of job
• General education

The School of Life

• Who pays the cost?
• What about the old job?
• Why more training?Are there jobs?

What Will It Cost?

• How long will, the payments last?
• How long will training take?

Don’t Hurry It Too Much

• What can you do best?
• Does age matter?
• How about marriage?
• Some other factors

What’s It Like to Go Back to School?

What’s the Best Job Preparation?

• When haste makes waste
• What else besides the job?

Who Will Make Up Our Minds?

• We’ve got to keep alert
• The great role of education
• Why do we behave like human beings?
• Here’s to your health
• What makes it tick?
• That creative urge

One Life or Nine?

• What does that mean?
• The role of guidance
• Will there be much red tape?
• For further help
• Which way?

To the Discussion Leader

• Discussion techniques
• Reading
• Questions for discussion

For Further Reading