Guest Speaker For A Middle School Career Day
Guest Speaker For A Middle School Career Day
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I had the opportunity to speak to some middle school student about my line of work, this was my first time doing anything like this. I was happy to see the kids ask many questions freely some were well developed questions. Some questions were: how do you get shocked?, how many volts in a lighting strike?, how do you size conductors in an economical fashoin while complying with code. At the end of the day it felt good to pass on some knowledge.
What has been your experience speaking at a school career day?
What has been your experience speaking at a school career day?





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I have never been involved in school career day. I raised three kids and neither have ever had these days.
Worked for a company that had son/daughter days. I had the opportunity to show them how a part goes from concept, to design, to manufacturing. Usually about half are interested, but most are interested in the CAD models.
Chris
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What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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Now, if he took to "why not to hit your sister" better, all would be good.
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"how do you size conductors in an economical fashion while complying with code"
Was this kids dad an electrician or did he pick up on something you said.
If not you have a smart cookie lurking out there.
B.E.
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should have said he/she
B.E.
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I deal with magnetism and it always captures the students' imaginations. They are usually surprised to learn that not every metal (such as aluminum) is a magnet.
One morning, many years ago, I gave a classroom demo with some pretty strong magnets. The hands on my (analog) watch got messed up but I didn't notice until that afternoon when I went to a conference (on magnetics). I was waiting in line and noticed the problem with my watch. I asked the person next to me for the time and explained what happened. We struck up a conversation and he turned out to be an engineer at a magnetics company and they had an opening. He helped me land the job and turned out to be a great mentor. To think, I never would have spoken to him if my watch hadn't been messed up.
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At one point I was showing them the six degree of freedom motion directions using my hand as the shuttle, took them through pitch yaw roll ..all the motions...and I looked up and most of them had their little hands up going through the same motions. That little glimpse of what teaching can be all about was very enlightening for me.
The teacher eventually had to run me off. It was a great experience.
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That sounds very good, sounds like you stole the teachers thunder.