Wow, it's awesome that your high school had you write career planning papers, too bad it was only once a year though. Glad it helped some people.

Good points about the summer internships and observations post-factum. Also interesting thoughts about the person who is highly similar. I know my high school self would have had trouble figuring out who would be highly similar to me but 5 years older, but still, something to try out.

I'll be writing future posts about this topic, and will definitely integrate your suggestions into them. Thank you!