Monroe High School hosted an annual career fair on Thursday. There was a big turnout and students explored becoming first responders, working for a bank, and working for public media.
WXXI’s Education reporter Noelle Evans was there.
Evans recruited a journalist-in-training to chat with classmates about what their vision is for their future, and what matters most in a career.
TRANSCRIPT:
NICHOLAS REEVES: I'm Nicholas Reeves, class of 2027 attending Monroe High School, and I'm here with?
GIOVANIS DELGADO: Giovanis Delgado.
REEVES: What do you want to be in life?
DELGADO: A mechanic probably.
REEVES: Okay.
EVANS: Can you tell us a bit about why you’re interested in being a mechanic?
DELGADO: Because my dad always taught me how to do cars and stuff, how to build radios and stuff. It was already meant to be for me. So, I like being a mechanic
EVANS: What did it start with?
DELGADO: It started with me just helping him fix a tire and then it just went from fixing a tire to doing all this stuff.
EVANS: When you're doing these things and you're fixing something, what do you feel in that moment?
DELGADO: I feel relief. It takes me out of stuff in life, like all the problems and stuff. It just takes me away from that.
EVANS: Nice, and do you see throughout your life wanting that feeling?
DELGADO: Yeah.
REEVES: I got you. I like this (audio reporting) a lot. Cause I can actually see this as a career. I like it a lot, you can actually get your point across, help the community a little bit with this. And being able to put people in front of a microphone, being able to let them speak out to what they think the world should be like, I feel like that’s a good thing.
