Throughout high school, students are always presented with the same notorious question: “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

Thanks to the Business Department and Ms. Soriano, District Coordinator of State and Federal Programs, students were recently given the opportunity to meet with people from many different occupations at the annual career fair in early March. Students visited with firefighters, engineers, chefs, construction workers, military personnel and much more in a hope to be inspired and finally have an answer to this ancient question. Some students walked away feeling excited for their future, but others felt even more lost about their futures.

“I know I want to be either an architect or engineer,” said junior Molly Paterson. “The career fair is kind of boring but also allows me to talk to people that do what I want to do when I graduate college. It’s really interesting to talk to them and I feel privileged to be able to do that.”

Although the career fair is not especially popular among all of the students, it provides exposure to what the future might hold. And, even if a student has no interest in the fair, they can spend their time collecting raffle tickets from the employer booths in exchange for asking a question about their profession. The chance to win prizes has encouraged students to participate in the fair and some students have won valuable prizes. This year’s winners include sophomore Daryl Black (TV), senior Keya Freeman (two prom tickets), and senior Patrick Harting (4 Blues hockey tickets).

“I already know I want to be a politician,” said sophomore Malik Johnson. “Considering I couldn’t find any politicians at the fair, I spent all of my time collecting those raffle tickets. I was so disappointed I didn’t win anything!”

Even though the career fair gets mixed reviews from students, overall it seems to be a successful way to get students thinking about their future. Check out the video above containing more student opinions on the fair.