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Career Day |
This year's Career Day proved to be a success once again. There was a large variety of speakers this year. Career Day took place on March 13, 2002 during periods 3 and 4. It was nice to have so many different speakers and the fact that we had two periods to listen to them made the experience even better. The students had a chance to learn about various professions and had the opportunity to ask questions regarding what requirements should be met in order to obtain a job. Each class at ESHS had about 2-3 speakers and was exposed to all sorts of different careers. The ESHS faculty recruited the speakers for their classrooms, and the appropriate speakers are sent to the appropriate classes. Last year in Mr. Kerker's chemistry class, there was a chemical engineer from Chevron which went nicely with the Chemistry course.
I was surprised to find out that Career Day has been going on now for about twelve years. Mr. Harrison has been organizing Career Day for the past few years. This year we had an incredible turnout. There were about 104 speakers ranging from people who train bomb-sniffing dogs to a handicapped lawyer from L.A. County. I found the speaker from Mattel to be quite interesting because his job sounding fun and he had many opportunities to travel abroad. He said that was just one of the many perks that go along with his job. We also have the advantage of having companies such as Boeing and Hughes near-by because we had many speakers from those two companies.
A lot of teachers selected some of their own friends to come in and talk to their classes. Mrs. Strand had a veterinarian and a marine biologist which was nice, and then she had her classes write about what type of career they are planning on pursuing. Ms. Churchill had a sculptor from Mattel as her speaker which nicely complimented her art classes. Mr. Harrison coordinated the speakers with the classes. Speakers were asked to discuss whether or not their profession was their first job and what the requirements were for their positions. To my surprise, many speakers had no idea what they wanted to do in high school which is a common problem for students in high school. Another issue that was brought to attention this year was women in predominantly male professions. The students were surprised to find out how many women played important roles in careers that were previously male dominated. Mr. Harrison commented on the outcome of Career Day stating, "I think Career Day gives the students an idea of exactly what kind of careers are out there. We are no longer in a society where only men are working. The future is constantly changing and the career world is going to become much more dynamic.
Career day turned out to be a great success, and we hope to keep the tradition going for many years to come. Big thanks to Mr. Harrison, Mrs. Davidson and everyone else who helped make Career day a possibility once again.