Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people must pay attention to the way that opportunities appear before them as our nation prepares to invest trillions of dollars into re-building itself; they must be prepared to take advantage of said opportunities as they arise.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people might consider using the skills that they have mastered to mitigate the impact of this latest schism; the divide between those who have been vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated. He encourages young people to deal with, rather than ignore or dismiss, folks who are on the other side of the divide from them.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people must continue to follow their chosen pathway through their life-arc, making plans and setting goals, even as they adapt to the stuff that may un-expectantly come their way.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that although young people may find living through their life-arc to be very difficult, they must hold on to the dream that is motivating them to follow their chosen pathway. He suggests that they might find themselves facing impediments to their progress, but they must continue along their chosen pathway as long as their life-arc continues to unfold before them.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people must prepare themselves to handle any impediment that they may encounter as they follow their chosen pathway through their life-arc. The skill that they will need most immediately, upon completing the preparation phase of their life-arc, will be the ability to set goals for themselves.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people can master life-skills that they can use to achieve many of the goals that they set for themselves as they traverse their chosen pathway through their life-arc during the preparation phase.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people who have recently graduated from high school have reached a significant milestone on their life-arc and should be congratulated for such achievement. They should take some time to contemplate what their next milestone on their chosen pathway will be.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people have come through the year-of-the-virus as changed people, as have we all. He suggests that they use some time this summer to learn about who they have become.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that high school students must understand the nature of their life-arc and take responsibility for how they are living through it.  They must continue to strengthen their body, mind, and spirit during, this, the preparation phase of their life-arc in order to fully embrace their future life.

Joe-Brown’s informed opinion is that young people need to take advantage of being back in school by doing whatever they can to get into shape around their education. He informs them that they have many skills left to master in this their third skills development cycle3.