It’s been a crazy two years. We all know that. But, think about this: high schoolers who are about to graduate have been in the pandemic since their sophomore year. As students head back to school after spring break, we check in on how they’re holding up this far into the pandemic.
On this show, one of our guests, author and high school student Chris Steadman tells Khalil, “I missed out on a lot, man.”
“It kind of sucked because my birthday is January,” Steadman explains. “I just turned 16. I just got a car. I just got my job. I’m thinking, ‘This is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life,’ you know, the teenage experience and things. And then the pandemic came around … and it kind of just shut down everything.”
First up, WPLN’s Damon Mitchell talks new tech jobs, and how to get ready for them.
Guests:
- Damon Mitchell, WPLN Enterprise Reporter
- Jama Mohamed, Technical Resident at HCA
- Sandra Williams, Mother
- Anna Bernstein, LMSW, English ELA educator at J.T. Moore Middle School
- Adrianna Carter, Program Coordinator of Mayor’s Youth Council and WeGo Public Transit Youth Action Team
- Angelie Quimbo, Senior Student Representative on the Metro Nashville Public School Board of Education
- Chris Steadman, Time To Scrap author, LaVergne High School senior
Special thanks to: Sarah Dark, LaDarious Barlow, Melisa Maurer, Ms. Jewell, Jehlin Hayes, Chris Flor, Kyla Kringle, Kaylee Savage Kutcher, and WPLN reporters Tony Gonzalez, Damon Mitchell and Juliana Kim for their help with this episode.
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