Blog Post: Dislocation Doesn't Stop a Student from Pursuing the Passion

Yesterday Pursue the Passion went up to Prescott to present 250 FBLA students with a challenge.  That challenge was to find someone who has a job they’re interested in and interview them about their career path.  For one student in the audience, that interview opportunity came sooner than expected.

Immediately after the Pursue the Passion speech, this student dislocated their knee while engaging in a game of ‘Collide-a-Scope.’  An ambulance arrived, picked the student up, and began the forty-five minute drive to the hospital.

While in route, the student had the bright idea to conduct a Pursue the Passion interview with the paramedics.  The student reached into their pocket, withdrew a camcorder, and began to fire away with questions.  By the time they reached the hospital, the student had concluded their first interview.  

The student plans to edit the footage into a video and post it to www.pursuethepassion.com when they get out of the hospital.  Hopefully the morphine didn’t have too much of an impact on the camera work.  

The Pursue the Passion program is spreading through the Arizona school system.  There are over 1,000 students conducting interviews with professionals in the community who have jobs they’re interested in.  If you are interested in volunteering for an interview or if you would like your school to be involved with Pursue the Passion, please contact Brett at brett.farmiloe@jobingfoundation.org.