“What do you want to be when you grow up?” – a common question that is asked once a child is able to speak.

We make stuff up as we go but never truly can predict the path we are on. Those types of questions start the pressure, as if we should know where we will be in 15 years.

The key aspect of beginning to prepare for the future in any workforce is hearing from the professionals themselves.

“As a student ambassador, I was able to help run these various meetings along with the Teaching Professions Students,” junior Astrid Cabello said.

SHS has set up a few career days for students to hear from individuals with real world jobs. The first was this past Tuesday and there are more to follow on May 1.

Students scattered into different rooms each bell to hear from multiple people.

“It was really interesting for me because I don’t know what I want to do in the future,” Cabello said.

As many meetings were occurring around the school, 20 students filed into room 210 listen to Mr. Steve Tosh, CEO of The Business Backer, and Al Riddick, CEO of Game Time Budgeting. Both shared their similar stories of how they went to college for marketing and ended up in places their never expected.

Tosh helps to finance small businesses, while Riddick helps people figure out their personal finance situations and how to stay on pace.

Hearing their stories could have guided students toward or away from the business world. But that is the beauty of listening to experience, we find out what is right for us.