Hailea, were extremely sorry to hear about your experience in JA BizTown a few years ago. Weve made significant changes since then and have all new staff running this program. Wed love another chance to show you that the program is just as good, if not better than the one you remember! Don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] with any additional questions or concerns.
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I used to come here on field trips when I was younger and it used to be fun! I went yesterday to volunteer for my nieces class. Horrible is the only word I have. It was chaotic the whole time. They didnt train us volunteers, so we sat there for an hour doing nothing and had no idea how to help the kids. The head director lady had no patients at all for the kids. The kids were saying they would have rather been at school! They definitely need to pick up their game and should definitely hire more employees to help out. Will not come here again.
Blair, were so sorry to hear about your experience a few years ago and would welcome more feedback please send us an email to [email protected] and share more. Our hope is that weve since addressed your concerns but we are always open to learning and improving so our students have the best experience possible!
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My students and others were extremely overwhelmed and stressed to tiers during the Field trip. Some starved, not knowing when to take a break from their stressful position. It became an act of mama bear for me as the teacher when I realized all of my students were stressed out from their jobs. It was down right overwelming. Th company did it take the time to explain the lunch time and free time. Very disappointing
Ashley, thank you for your time on your thoughtful response. Students do, in fact, get 14 hours of curriculum in advance of their arrival, taught by teachers and volunteers alike! Wed love the chance to share more and even have you volunteer in a JA classroom, virtually or in-person this year. Don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] to get involved!
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Fantastic concept but needs a major overhaul in how it is presented. Students are given a tablet with a completely randomized scenario; marital status, # of kids, job, education, and salary are all predetermined... even the amount of debt they started with was fixed. It was chaos from beginning to end; The kids with anxiety were on the verge of breakdown having to deal with a scenario they in no way would have put themselves into, the kids who didn't take it seriously were single with 125k salaries.... It was a GREAT immersion of just how many financial factors there are to consider in real life (Insurance, unexpected costs, etc), but this was quickly washed away with the poor modeling and PUSHING for them to dedicate savings and investments that their forced scenario did not allow for. Many students still have unreasonably high lingering fears over their future based on their scenario experience here. The park itself is visually impressive, but each "business station" is not run by staff, only parent volunteers with no training, handouts, or information to give to these kids, only a code to check mark that they stopped by. If this were tweaked to give the kids some sense of power over their own choices and see the result of those decisions... this could easily be a 5 star program. For now, calling in a volunteer life coach, college counselor, and accountant to the classroom to explain concepts with a worksheet would be a far better investment of time and school funding.
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