Chris The Computer Genius.

This week our class interviewed Chris. Chris went to UC Berkeley in California. His major is in Computer Science. He is the co-founder of Educreations. Khan Academy inspired him to make Educreations. He was interested in education because some members of his family are teachers. His idea for Educreations started when he worked at a computer company. He and a friend were not  happy.  So he and his friend wanted to do something more interesting. Educreations is a place where anyone can easily create any lessons. He said you should enjoy working where your working. They get feed back from teachers and kids. Chris said a computer programming is just another language. His six grade teacher Mr. Peach inspired him to work with computers. He said if he had a different career it would still be using computers and stuff. 

Our Magnificent Interview with Jackie

This week our class interviewed Jackie. Jackie went to South Caraliona University for college.  Scott was her inspiration to become a journalist. Jackie said if she had a different job she would own a Bakery. Her job is a Associate Director of Student Media. Jackie said she had to triple check her work so, she doesn't make any mistakes. She loves working with college student because there fun and interesting. They are fun because they are learning and growing. They are learning about themselves and the world. Reviewing your work is very important. Sometimes your first idea is not your best idea. Part of her job is to critique students work in the newspaper. You want to be sure that all of your facts are correct. She has had four people check over her work. Her advice for her students was to reread there work and ask themselves how do they know it. When ever you publish something it's hard to get it back. Your reputation could be damaged. She thinks we should find a mentor in college, so he or she can help you succeed.

The Journey with Samantha

This week we interviewed Samantha. Samantha works as a pharmacist at St. Mary's in Decatur Illinois.  Samantha  is like an safety officer. Nurses and doctors call her and she picks the right and safe medicine. So the patients become healthy, and  they will be able to go home. She takes orders from nurses and doctors. She tells the nurses the safe mixture of different types of Medicine so they can get well. She has to double check her work to make sure she doesn't have any mistakes. Samantha works with other pharmacist. Before she worked at the hospital she worked at Target. Did you that there are two types of pharmacist retail and hospital? She works the evening shift because the hospital is open 24 hours. She needs to remember to stay calm so she doesn't make mistakes. She's not only working at St. Mary's, in the evening she also gets orders from Effingham and Streeter. She was good at math and science. That's how she became a Pharmacist.