Career Aspirations

Recently, our high school held Career Day like it usually would. I only made the last 20 minutes of it, but from what I could see it was the same old career day that I had been to a couple times before. There were tables set up with different companies and organizations trying to lure students in with candy and give aways in order for them to see what they have to offer. Students would walk around with a sheet to fill out about the people they interviewed. It was pretty straight forward. Our Honors English class took a different approach on it. We made up our own questions and surveys and asked the workers at each station in hope to get some great feedback that would help create reliable statistics.


Amidst all the hullabaloo I started to really muse over what career pathway I would go down. One can never be sure at this point, and I definitely am having a hard time deciding. It seems too early to be deciding what I want to do or be when I get older, but in perspective it really isn't because by the beginning of our senior year we need to practically be done with applying to colleges. That means we have to have a pretty good idea of what career pathway we need so that we can apply to colleges suitable for that choice.



Currently, I have narrowed down my choices for career fields based on my likes, dislikes, etc. I know I couldn't handle being in the medical field because I get queasy when I'm near needles or see lots of blood. I think that's very helpful. I'm not very "artsy" so it would be quite odd if I even attempted to major in something that has a high relevance to art skills. Other than that I am very open to many other careers. I find the ocean and environmental issues riveting, so that might help me a bit, but other than that I haven't experienced enough to even fully comprehend what I'm going to be when I'm older.

ROHS Mock Election: Reflections and Recommendations

Last Thursday Royal Oak High School held their own Mock Election. Students would go up to the voting boxes and fill in their candidate of choice along with a "yes" or "no" about Proposals 1 and 2 for Michigan and our own school's Proposal 1. This was a trial run of the event and the ultimate turn out was pretty decent. All in all, Obama won our school by quite some votes, but McCain hung in there with a small percentage. I think the question here is, was this a fair representation of the ROHS student body?



I think it was a fair representation, but I believe that it could have been better. About 700 people voted, but I think that we can do better. Our school hosts 1,800 people and I think it is reachable to make sure than at least 1,000 vote in our next election. Of course, this was the first time we had done it, but with a few modifications I think that we can have an even better mock election.

First off, I think that there should be more voting slots so that the lines aren't as long. This will draw more people in because I heard that people didn't vote because they "didn't want to wait in the long line". I think that in shortening the line and the time it takes to actually vote, we will get more voters.

Secondly, I think that the students should be more informed about the ballot. People had said that they weren't sure what both Proposal 1's and Proposal 2 meant, so they did not fill in their scantron for that section. To get a more efficient and accurate standpoint on the proposals I believe we needed to better inform people so they would know what they were voting for.

I believe these additions and moderations will greatly benefit our future mock elections. I know they will continue to be a great success.