We're always asking students, what do you want to do when you leave here?

So what we want to plan is that are what we're hoping is that every student will have a plan, you know, not just great.

It's been great having you for four years, but what is your plan?

Where are you going next?

What are you going to do after high school?

And what is your sort of immediate plan within the next year or so?

Me personally, I want to follow in my sister's footsteps.

She actually is the one that influenced me to go into sports medicine.

I feel more connected to medical assisting because they work with helping people making you feel better.

Ever since middle school, I wanted to be like my dad.

My dad was cooking when he was working at the strip.

Ever since I was little, I was always fascinated by bones and muscles.

So medical was always the plan.

I'm still unsure what I want to do, so I know its something in the medical field.

To go into the National Guard part time and going to CSN for my pre recs I want to be a cardiologist, pharmacist.

I'm going to CSN once I graduate and I'm going to get my bachelor's degree for criminal justice.

I'm going to CSN for just like health sciences and like getting all my general ed, gen eds there.

Plan on getting either a computer science degree or cybersecurity.

I would like to hopefully move on to medical school in the future and hopefully become a physician doctor or some professional in the medical field.

One day.

I'm at a crossroads where if I want to just jump into the industry head on or if I want to further my education for culinary.

How long do you have , did you want to go straight to College for?

How long has it been a goal for you?

Since last year, actually, because I thought about it more clearly.

I was like, okay, let's do something that I'm interested in, and criminal justice might get me to the police force.

I think I'm prepared for the challenge.

I'm willing to dedicate a large portion of my twenties and you know my prime to just doing what I love this passion for helping others through medicine.

We feel that there's a stigma or like a social sort of expectation for a lot of students to figure out a career or a path or go to college right away, right out the door.

Absolutely.

I think that and I think that really was a big push back ten years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, because every student was expected to go to college.

It wasn't about going into trade or going into military now.

Now students did, but it was always a push to go just one direction.

I know I want to be in the medical field.

It's just like I'm so I'm so unsure on what where in the medical field.

I should be.

Do I really enjoy being in the clinic?

Hey, do I really want to do something similar to this for the rest of my life?

And after experiencing it for almost an entire school year, meeting quarterbacks, soccer players, volleyball, ballplayers, seeing a number of different injuries, I'm really interested in joining it for the rest of my career.

It's something I really want to do.

If I head into the field immediately, then I will be getting faster experience.

If I go to a college, I'd be able to learn more.

But then I'm setting myself back.

But I think having a plan is what's important because you don't want to just go out into the world and not know exactly what you're doing.

So like, you don't need to know where you need to go.

But as long as you have like a little small plan and maybe that could like, branch off.

Me personally, I don't think colleges super important.

Well, once again, I've seen a lot of people be successful without going to college.

I do.

I do personally think that my dad is the most successful and in our family, and he didn't even graduate high school.

So you can do what you love without having to suffer financially or in terms of your career as well.

If you have any interests, definitely pursue them.

Don't just like let that go and say, Oh, I wish I could have done that.

Or I wish I could have done that.

There are endless opportunities as long as you take them.

Think what you want to do because you know you always have time.

Don't let anyone tell you that or you got to pick specific major or whatever you want to do because you don't have time for that.

Thats Wrong It's not a rush.

Everyone changes their mind.

So just focus on you and take your time figuring out what you want to do.

Thank you, everyone at Mojave High School for sharing your thoughts.

Now let's talk to the satellite crew to see what students at their school had to say.

So your a senior, its your last year.

What are your plans after high school?

I actually have no clue.

Interesting...

I never really had any like, dreams ever since I was younger.

So I always decided my goal would be to try out new things and see whether I like them.

A lot of people can pursue, pursue different careers that doesn't involve college.

Like in the United States college is very expensive.

Some people don't even have the money for it.

I think the amount of effort you put into whatever you do, whether it's academic or not, is what's going to, I guess, determine your level of success.

As you continue to grow and learn.

You will eventually find out what you really like doing.

As long as you can find a fit and do something.

at whatever college you do.

Or even if you don't go to college, whatever you do after high school, then you can still be successful and find out what you want to do.

If you had know what you want to do, just go for it.

So instead of thinking about doing it, just do it no matter what it is.