“Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
In the following activities, you’ll explore how the themes raised in Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
relate to your career.
Activity 1: Listen to/ Read “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
Are you familiar with the Dr. Seuss books? Though these books contain fun stories for kids,
they also contain important messages helpful for grown-ups too. Here’s a great one that is
very pertinent for you as you get ready to embark on your career:
You can find lots of different versions of this book being read aloud online. Here’s a good
one:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Or, if you prefer, you can read the text yourself below:
“ Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any
direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the
guy who’ll decide where to go.
You’ll look up and down streets. Look’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t
choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too
smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight
out of town. It’s opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start
happening too.
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© Career Tools
In the following activities, you’ll explore how the themes raised in Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
relate to your career.
Activity 1: Listen to/ Read “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
Are you familiar with the Dr. Seuss books? Though these books contain fun stories for kids,
they also contain important messages helpful for grown-ups too. Here’s a great one that is
very pertinent for you as you get ready to embark on your career:
You can find lots of different versions of this book being read aloud online. Here’s a good
one:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Or, if you prefer, you can read the text yourself below:
“ Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any
direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the
guy who’ll decide where to go.
You’ll look up and down streets. Look’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t
choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too
smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight
out of town. It’s opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start
happening too.
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© Career Tools
