Thozi - Overall Impressions of Guidance and Counseling in America

Having lived in another country for over fifty years, and having been exposed to the readings mentioned in this assignment, I can definitely say with confidence that America is leading the world in the provision of needed services in the preperation of young people as they transition through school into becoming adults. The changes that have come about have sprung from the academic world, from society, from research, from forward-looking thinkers and philosophers who challenged the status quo. Government structures (at least in theory) have come to assist in the smooth running of professional activities that impact on the young people in schools. Society has itself changed dramatically. People and technologies are in constant motion. As a result, the face of the school guidance and counseling profession has also changed in order to keep pace. The profession has apparently moved from being non-existent when public education began, to being a powerful and positive force in the provision of services for school-age populations. Changes that originated in America are shown to have had an effect in other countries far away from the shores of this land. The amount of knowledge that I have been personally exposed to in this one instance has been tremendous. I feel certain that if America continues in this way, it will be a guide to many more nations, and it will be an example to be emulated by others in the centuries to come.