Your permit's validity varies based on age: 1  If you're under 18 years old, your permit is valid for 2 years and you must hold it a minimum of 9 months before you can apply for an initial driver's license. 2  If you're 18 years old or older, you'll receive an Illinois learner's permit that is valid for only 1 year.
Career Clusters. Career Clusters provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme such as interest.
THE RIGHT SKILLS. The right education is not all an aspiring bioengineer needs. Soft skills are particularly important in the life sciences, because cooperation is so critical, according to Barry. âItâs a bit of a cliche, clichÃ© but you have to be comfortable working as part of a,â team he. says