A day in the working world

By STACY RICE,
Managing Editor
WOW! What a great bunch of kids, well ok, young adults as they like to be referred, we have moving up the ladder at Drexel High. Soon, very soon, they will be amongst us working gurus as they enter another stage of their young lives.
Drexel High features a hands-on learning approach to working outside of the classroom by means of a Job Shadowing program. In the program the junior class creates mock resumes, undergo sweaty-palmed interviews with local business personnel, and then are paired with a business partner in the community for a day. Career opportunities are endless for our youth today, however last Friday, November 21st, students learned just tidbits of what it means to become a journalist, police officer, insurance agent, beautician, restaurant manager, retail clerk, construction worker, banker. . . the list goes on and on. I enjoyed the day with Meagan Lane, she was respectful, responsible, professional, and eager to learn the trait of journalism. She took her assignment and has ran with it as you can see through her words below.
By MEAGAN LANE,
2008 Job Shadower
I don’t know if it was the smartest idea to let Kody Kauffman near the chemicals used to create our drinking water, but hey, everyone needs to be given the opportunity to try something new. You see, Kody is a junior in high school, not nearly ranked high enough to be classified as a certified Water Technician, but that is exactly what he experienced last Friday as he and the rest of the high school junior class set out to experience the “real world.” Job Shadowing, an annual tradition, is a day when students get out of school to go to a local business and see what they do all day to hopefully understand more about the working world. Last Friday was the day our students skipped out on a day learning in the classroom, and got a first-hand look at “Career 101” in downtown Drexel... and beyond.
As you may have realized I got to shadow Stacy Rice, Managing Editor of the Drexel Star. I learned all about how it used to run, well as much as I could learn in one day’s time, and I think it’s safe to say I wouldn’t want to have job shadowed there nearly a hundred years ago because I probably would have spent my day putting tiny little metal letters together one at a time to write this article. Worse yet, I would’ve had to do it backwards! I don’t believe...
Read the complete story in the November 27th edition.
PHOTO: Juniors Lauren Gammon, left, and Marah Shipley worked at the Drexel Floral and Gifts shop last week as part of the Job Shadowing program. They both made holiday wreaths, learned floral arranging and made deliveries. Photo by Meagan Lane