This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is going straight to college the quickest route to success for high school graduates? Genevieve Morgan, author of Undecided. Navigating Life and Learning After High School, says “why rush it?” In her talk “Undecided” Morgan explores our societal attitudes towards entering college immediately after high school and provides alternative avenues for those who may want to delay the time and financial commitment that can come with a 21st century higher education.
Genevieve Morgan is a writer and editor living in Portland, ME. She has authored several illustrated non-fiction works, as well as written or contributed to various published books for corporate clients, among them Borders, Williams-Sonoma, Starbucks, Smith & Hawken, and Gymboree. Her most recent work is Undecided: Navigating Life and Learning after High School (Zest Books 2014) and The Fog of Forgetting (Islandport Press/2014), book one in her new adventure-fantasy trilogy, The Five Stones. She is also the host of the cable interview TV show, Between the Lines. The second volume of the trilogy, Chantarelle, will be released in 2015.
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