By: Zoe Rodriguez, 2028
Four guest speakers appearing at the next school panel! Who are they? Special announcement! There will be a panel during the next Flex block. The purpose of this panel is to inform graduating students about how to handle real-world problems in their careers, specifically how to maintain a good public image. Since this is such an important issue, the Bedford Public School Committee decided to bring in four well-known speakers to each talk about their area of expertise. Let’s get to know them!
Andrew Tate
Unfortunately Andrew will be unable to attend the panel in person as he is banned from leaving Romania due to allegations of sexual misconduct and misogyny, so we agreed to host his part of the talk over zoom. Nonetheless, what he plans to talk about is still really important, as he will be brought on to discuss modern feminism. As social justice becomes more prominent in the public consciousness, it’s important to assert yourself on the right side of the fight. No doubt many of the male audience will find it informative to hear how to handle such a sensitive topic from an authority figure with so much prior experience in the field.
Colleen Hoover
Depending on what career you chose, you may be required to interact with some sensitive and upsetting material. This is something that our next guest Colleen Hoover knows all too well, as she has recently gone viral for her hit book “It Ends With Us” that covers topics such as domestic violence and sexual assault. She has since been handling these topics with grace, by marketing it as a normal romance book and using bubbly cheerful language to romanticize these situations. As we all know, the best way to tackle something sensitive is to change nothing about your approach at all! Turns out you CAN have your cake and eat it too.
Elon Musk
And finally to close out the morning, the richest person in the world: Elon Musk will talk about how to cultivate a safe and supportive work environment for anyone planning a career as a boss. A while ago Elon Musk sent an Email to all federal workers asking them to respond with 5 bullets of what they did last week. He then added “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” Despite this resulting in the firing of hundreds of federal workers, this action has obviously caused calmness in the minds of his workers, and created a safe space for them to share what they did over the week!
