Professional self-determination of the old schools

Studying the expectation of changing the social status of many respondents is always an urgent scientific task. This fully applies to upper secondary school students. The paper presents the results of a survey of high school students in Lugansk (Ukraine), the Tatarstan Republic and Kursk (Russia). The study examined their choice of future profession, as well as the motives of such a choice. It is shown that the majority of schoolchildren connect their future with the sphere of services (law, economy and information technologies).