Subject choices get made at thirteen and fourteen, and the consequences land at eighteen. Between those two dates sits a long stretch that most families are not sure what to do with.
Careers is a series of four online evenings for parents, run by Genius Premium Tuition with About Mind, a Cape Town career guidance practice. Each evening takes one of the big questions in subject choice and careers as they are now. Every session stands on its own, so come to one or come to all four.
The promise: you will leave understanding what the decision in front of your child actually settles, and what to do next, whether or not you ever use a tutor or a career assessment. This is information, not a sales pitch.
This is the "so what do we actually do" session. What builds a credible trajectory in the years before any decision falls due, and why picking the right degree matters less than most parents expect.
What we'll cover
- The human capabilities that hold their value as the work changes: judgement, communication, adaptability.
- How a teenager builds those while still at school.
- Exposure and lived experience as preparation.
- The pathways after school, university among several.
- Entrance requirements and the deadlines that decide them.
- How to make a gap year deliberate.
Our guest specialists
These evenings are run with About Mind, a Cape Town career guidance practice, whose work is psychometric career assessment and subject choice guidance, led by a career guidance psychologist.
The details
- When: Thursday 10 September 2026 at 18:00 (SAST). Forty-five minutes, then fifteen minutes of live questions.
- Where: Online, via Google Meet. Join from anywhere.
- Who it's for: parents of children in Grades 10 to 12. Students are welcome to sit in with a parent.
- The series: four Thursdays, 27 August, 3 September, 10 September and 17 September 2026. Each evening stands on its own.
- Cost: free.
How to attend
Registration is by RSVP. Complete the short form and we will email your Google Meet link before the evening.
One registration covers the series. Tick the evenings you would like to join and a link is sent for each one, before each one. There is no need to register again.
Bring your questions. Each evening closes with fifteen minutes of them, and anything we do not get to is answered afterwards by email.
