Central High School’s Social Studies 2.0 – Life Skills class visited the beautiful campus of Roger Williams University

in Bristol, Rhode Island to

meet with professors, students, and facility maintenance personnel for conversations about careers
the students were curious about.
Furthermore,

the conversations also explored

technology’s impact on careers and jobs.

Shakour Abuzneid, Ph.D, ‘futurist‘ and professor of Cybersecurity & Networking, presents career information on the growing industry of CYBERSECURITY.   Professor Abuzneid also shared his vision of technology’s impact on different jobs and careers in the near and distant future.

Michael Walsh, Director for Student Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging  spoke about his roles as advocate for students throughout their enrollment at RWU.  Mr Walsh also spoke about a number of keys to success for meeting the challenges of higher education and taking advantage of the many opportunities a college education offered students, especially, TIME MANAGEMENT and NETWORKING.  Both topics are introduced and developed in the Social Studies 2.0 – Life Skills syllabus.

A conversation about starting a company
as well as
the similarities and differences between
a 17 year old’s life and education in Providence, Rhode Island
and
a 17 year old’s life and education in the People’s Republic of China and India.

Following the Social Studies 2.0 – Life Skills program protocol, Central High School students Julio Cartagena (top left) AND Junior Brownell (bottom left) welcome today’s guests Jerry Zheng (bottom right) and Adithya Sriram a(top right) to Central High School and today’s Social Studies 2.0 – Life Skills class.   Part of the protocol is exchanging BUSINESS CARDS to add both Jerry and Adi to their student NETWORKS.   Jerry is an avid BASKETBALL and NBA fan majoring in ECONOMICS at Brown University.   Jerry is from the city of Beijing, China.     Adithya is from the city of Chennai, the capital of the state of Tamilnadu in southern India.  Adi is majoring in COMPUTER SCIENCE at Brown University.  Adi shared a description of India’s most popular sport, CRICKET.

JULIO leads Adi and Jerry into the classroom for their introduction to the rest of the class.

Junior introduces Jerry to his classmates at the start of today’s class.

Some of the emerging, exciting, fulfilling jobs of the 21st century are in
MEDICAL CARE: 

Medical Assistant.  Nurse.  Physician Assistant.  Sonographer (people who create ultrasounds,images, for pregnant women, as well as ultrasounds of the heart and other organs). Radiology technologist (people who use imaging tools like X-rays to examine broken bones to cancerous tumors. Radiology technologists are responsible for taking and reviewing these images and they deal directly with patients.) Biomedical Engineer (technology experts who develop “medical diagnostic machines, medical instruments, artificial organs, joint replacement parts and prosthetic devices” that improve the health and quality of life for others).   AND SO MANY MORE!

TODAY’S GUESTS ARE MEDICAL ASSISTANTS

from University Orthopedics who shared their personal stories and experiences in Medical Care CAREERS as well as their perspectives on the emerging IMPACT TECHNOLOGY IS HAVING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON MEDICAL CARE.

from left to right – Medical Assistants: Jasmin Vinas, Ilna Fontes, and Nicole Giraldo

prior to the start of the Life Skills class, Central High School senior, Shermira Thomas, serves as the class host welcoming Jasmin, Ilna and Nicole outside the classroom.

Nan Quinlan is a Senior Career Consultant at Transition Solutions. 

Nan helps job seekers get new jobs, how to protect and build an effective PERSONAL BRAND and

best practices for creating an effective resume and job interviewing skills and strategy.

Nan has 30 years of experience in employee development, human resources and training across many industries and higher education.    Nan was also the Training and Development Manager at TACO Inc, an international company with headquarters in Cranston, RI making high quality, high efficiency heating, cooling, plumbing, and irrigation systems.

Nan visited our class today to inform students about best practices for a successful job interview followed by student role plays at a job interview.

Jessica Baquiax Bulus was the student class host today welcoming our guest, Nan Quinlan, to Central High School and our class.  Great job, Jessica.

Following Jessica’s introduction, each student approaches Nan to welcome her to our class with good eye contact, a friendly smile, a welcoming greeting and a firm handshake.  John Cuevas leads the class in a welcome.   Nan’s response after the class –   “an impressive group“.

Nan opens the class with a presentation on an effective strategy for a successful job interview. “Do your research on the country you’re apply to for a job.  Be prepared to ask a question about the company during your interview;  this will impress your interviewer you did your research and came prepared for the interview.   Ask people in your network if they know anyone who works there and ask  –  ‘what is it like to work there?’.  Make sure you know the job description of the job you’re applying for.  And, end the interview with a ‘thank you’ for the opportunity to apply”.

 JOB INTERVIEW ROLE PLAYS

Today’s class took place because of Linda Lanuza Climaco‘s exceptional personal BRAND and her growing NETWORK of successful, influential people who want to help her with her growing interest in Cosmetics.

Linda (center) welcomes Tito Suarez (left) and Lydia Watkins to today’s class.

Linda introduces Tito and Lydia to her classmates to start today’s class.

Brayan Rodas Ibanez welcomes Lydia and Tito to class with perfect greeting skills – good eye contact, a smile, firm handshake, and a friendly greeting

Autonomous (self driving) cars.  Flying taxis.  Robot Maids and House Keepers.  Virtual Disney vacations.   Space ships to Mars.   TikTok, Instagram and other social media sites.  The Central High School elevator.  And, the apps on your mobile phone.

It’s the languages of machines that runs them all.

Katarína Lukácsy  

is a Senior Engineering Manager at Atlassian, an Australian software company that develops products for software developers, project managers and other software development teams with 8,813 employees in 13 countries all over the world.

Katarina and her team write the languages of the machines running your flying car, your mobile phone and so much more!

Katarina began the class by sharing her personal story from its beginning in the European country Slovakia to her career as a software engineer for an Australian company working from her home in Rhode Island.

Central High School senior Dinorah de la Cerda Cordon welcomes Katarina Lukacsy to the Life Skills class and exchanges business cards with her.   Dinorah has now added Katarina to her growing network of successful, influential, ethical, caring people.

Dinorah leads Katarina into our classroom to her awaiting classmates.

Dinorah introduces Katarina as her classmates stand to show their respect.