DESCaIPTORS Comparative Analysis, *Educational Interest, *High School Students, *Occupational Aspiration, Occupational Choice, *Parent Attitudes, *Student Attitudes

The purpose of this study was to investigate the occupational and educational aspirations and 9xpectations of 12th grade students to determine whether objective measures of occupational needs and preferences for work were reliable and to determine if the students ' plans were realistic and similar to those of their parents. A sample of 46 Grade 12 students (22 males and 24 females) were identified, and an expression of their idealistic and realistic occupational choices were obtained and compared. Ccnclusions uere that 12th grade boys and girls have similar educational aspiratic s but different occupational asp:rations, they appear to be capable of making a realistic occupational-educational commitment, and their educational aspirations are similar to their parents, but their occupational aspirations are quite different. (Author/GEB) oMe relalioship of Mtn Niers is the land lin chm of twelfth ride gilded SMA in,S1.A10:11 (..:(K)ItOINA11,-(; UN]) 1,ii? VOCA inNAi F11