14 Wise Words of Advice for Upcoming High School Graduates

Depending on your age and life experiences, you have a lot to offer high school graduates, who think they know it all but don’t really. Here’s what not to do when talking with a high school graduate.

• Don’t talk about your own experience, good or bad.
• Don’t pressure them about a career choice.
• Don’t expect them to have all the answers about their future.
• Don’t give them a hard time about their post-high school choice (college, gap year, trade school, etc.).

On the positive side, employ the following when congratulating a teenager upon completion of high school.

• Do be sincere.
• Do be short and sweet.
• Do be positive.
• Do be kind.

Here are 14 pieces of advice to give students who are about to graduate from high school.

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