High School Job Day Research Paper

The bell rang and all the 8th grade students from Wilson School District hurried to their homerooms like elephants stampeding on the safari. On this day, November 20th, the students were taking a break from class to have Career day. Wilson West Middle school held a very well planned event in which students from both Wilson Middle Schools to come together and think about this important stage of their lives.
Stressful topics filled these teenagers brains. Things such as choosing high school classes, if and where they were going to college, and deciding on a career, were all mentioned in a series of pleasurable ways. Split into four groups: pink, yellow, blue, and green, the students went to their coordinated stations, and then rotated once it was over.
At one of the stations, managers from the store of Redner's came and spoke to these young adults about finding, applying, and interviewing for jobs in their teenage years. The managers informed the students that once they were fifteen, they could get a workers permit to begin working. The managers also explained how students who apply and get hired for a job here were eligible for a grant or scholarship. The employers spoke about what an ideal …show more content…
“Think of yourself as a full cup of water, and each class and extracurricular activity you take has its own cup. You do not want to pour yourself into too many cups or you will have less of your time and effort inside each cup.” was very wise advice given by a male freshman. He was explaining that the students should not overwhelm themselves with too many classes, clubs, and sports because then there will only be a little amount of time for themselves. The anxious soon-to-be high schoolers also asked many questions about traveling from class to class, work required for specific classes, if the freshmen think certain classes are hard and many