On Sept. 23, Charles M. Russell High School sophomores explored various careers at the World of Works event.
They got to see what jobs there are now and what those jobs entail. There were six main areas, which consisted of agriculture, architecture, health science, human services, government and public administration, and arts. Sophomores Ella Betcher and Pixie Alcantara-Marsden were particularly interested in health sciences.
“The most interesting thing I saw was a dummy with its guts out. It was disturbing,” Betcher said, referring to two plastic dummies that were used in a game to arrange its organs back together.
“I’m planning on being a teacher or a doctor in the future,” Betcher added.
Alcantara-Marsden said a doctor demonstrated how the lungs work and what they do in the human body.
“I forgot what it was called; it was what the respiratory doctor does,” they said. The job of a forensic scientist interests them, they added. A forensic scientist works in the government and public administration, but also combined with the medical field.
“There was a spot where you can tie off a person’s circulation that I liked,” they said.
Attendees like Alcantara-Marsden learned how to cut off circulation to stop someone from bleeding out.
Jordan Hopp and Gemma Quenzer said one of their future career options could include some type of career path in government.
“In the future I either want to work a government job or I would go to college to get a degree in psychology,” Hopp said. Her ideal government jobs would be military or law enforcement. Hopp is taking a psychology class with Mr. Greenwell at CMR, and with psychology she has been an involved member in the JROTC program since last year. The JROTC gives her a headstart on any military career in the future and gives her a taste of future possibilities, she said.
Quenzer, a fellow sophomore, also would like to do something government-related and political. Quenzer is well known for her views, the fact that she is not afraid to stand up for what’s right, and how she wants to make changes for the world.
“I think that I could definitely go into politics because I have very strong opinions about things that are happening in the world,” Quenzer said.
She likes to keep up with politics and educate people about them and ways they can help make a change in the world. She not only cares about the people but the environment, she’s always advocating for a healthy environment and genuinely cares about the planet.
“I could be an environmental scientist and help the environment,” she said.
Out of everything she witnessed at the WOW event, Hopp was impressed by man’s best friend.
“The most interesting thing I saw was the K9 area and all the law enforcement stuff they had,” she said. “The things they do are just really cool to me and it was fun to watch the dogs.”
What’s fun for Quenzer is sharing her opinion and advocating for others.
“Like I said, I have very strong opinions about stuff, and I think I could use that in a good way in like politics,” she said. She advocates primarily for equality, free speech/individual rights, gun laws and gun control, freedom of choice for women, criminal justice, and DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion).
In the end, WOW day got sophomores thinking about careers and future opportunities. It showed students that they can do anything they put their mind to and that there are options for the future.
