"What is your name and what career do you represent?"

"My name is Scruffus and I'm a chemist."

 "List three duties of your job."

"I analyze samples, make reagents, and keep records." 

"What is the level of education needed for this job?"

"Bachelor's degree."

"What class in high school helped you most with this career?"

"Art."

"Name one memorable moment in your career."

"I got to go to a training course in Alabama. Sometimes you get to travel for your job and that's cool."

"What is the hardest part of your job?"

"Keeping records. I always liked the chemistry part but never the write-up part."

"Is this an expanding career field and what factors influence its growth?"

"Well, I don't know if I can answer that. I think it is an expanding career field. Having training in science and math generally pays off. Politics, the pharmaceutical industry and the expansion of the nuclear power industry will influence its growth." 

"What kind of math do you use in your job?"

"We use algebra, integrals, derivatives and statistics. Loads of statistics."

"How have skills you learned in English class helped you in your career?"

"Good grammar always goes over well with the employer. Learning to write concisely is a good skill to have in science. They don't appreciate the flowery stuff."

"How has history influenced your career?"

"I owe being a chemist to Marie Curie." 

"What is college like?"

"It's nothing like high school. You'll like science and math in college." 

"What is that you have there?"

 "It's a Geiger counter. It detects radioactivity. Hear it clicking? It's picking up activity from this old Fiestaware dinner plate. The glaze is made from a uranium oxide. Only the old orange ones are radioactive."

"Can you get sick if you ate off of that plate?"

"It might increase the possibility of getting sick if you ate off of it day after day, for years and years. The goal with radiation  is to keep the dose as low as possible. That's why I work in a laboratory that tests the drinking water for radioactive isotopes. Uranium can affect your kidneys and radium will seek out your bones."

"Your bones?"

"Yes, your bones. But let's not think about that."

"College seems like a lot of work."

"It is, but it's fun work. Not like the for-real work. You'll be glad when you're in college. And when you get a job, you'll be glad, too."

"One last question. How do politics and economics affect your career?"

 "Good question. In this economic and political climate, I could be jobless very soon. Every person in this gymnasium could become jobless in the next few months because of politics and economics. Politics and economics are why we are all volunteering tonight to look good for our companies in the hopes that we don't end up on the list of lay-offs. Go to college and stay until you get a PhD in science. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the Career Fair!"