So, You're Going to High School (1950)

★★★★★ · An Important Choice! · donwert · 2012-12-04

Very interesting film from the '50s produced by the New York City public school system for students about to enter high school. It describes the variety of high schools (vocational, academic, etc.) and the various courses of study available. For those of us who grew up in smaller cities, where there was only one high school, it is astonishing how broad the choices are that these students enjoyed. In some ways, this film makes choosing a high school sound very much like choosing a college. I was taken by the diversity of the children shown---something often missing from informational films of…

★★★★ · Hey Joan, get a move on, will ya · Spuzz · 2013-07-15

Interesting film that prepares kids getting out of Junior High on which High School to go to. At this time (I guess!) they were prepping them very young about what career path the kids were to follow. Kind of bizarre to look at it now, with all the high schools nowadays sticking to a more general cirriculum. Interesting too are the courses one could major in. I was fortunate that I could learn the great art of silk screen printing while in high school, but I apparently missed the oppurtunity to learn about molten steel pouring and fabricating. I mean THAT was amazing. At the end of the film…

★★★ · So, You're Wearing a Tie · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-03-15

This film was made in 1953, according to George Willard Frasier's book "An Introduction to the Study of Education" (revised 1956, Harper & Brothers). It is profiled in the May 1953 edition of "Movie Makers" which states: "It says here (for immediate release) that So You're Going To High School, a 29 minute 16mm. sound on color film, was produced by the Division of Curriculum Development, Bureau of Educational and Vocational Guidance, Board of Education of the City of New York—period. "Besides being verbose, this statement is a lot of nonsense. SYGTHS was produced single-handedly by Frank E.…