What do High School Students Think the Hershey Bears do for a Living?
Any Hershey Bears fan would be able to recognize their favorite player if they encountered them off the ice, right? There is no other way to picture the athletes than as hockey players. As for people who have never attended a Bears game? They wouldn’t have any idea that the guy standing in line behind them is a professional ice hockey player.
I asked high school students who don’t know anything about the Bears what they believe their occupations are. The students were given head shots of eleven players with the jerseys cropped out. They did not know anything about the project being conducted. These are their answers:
Jakub Vrana:
- Golf caddy
- A jock who works in a sport’s store
- An employee at McDonald’s
- Soccer player
- Baseball player
- Coach
- Quarterback in football
- Lifeguard at the beach
Vitek Vanecek:
- Hiking guide
- Employee at a pet store
- Hotel Concierge
- In jail for something.
- Hipster
- Pro tennis player
- Works in the agriculture industry.
- Car salesman
Garrett Mitchell:
- An activist. He looks like a tree hugger.
- IT Guy
- Frat boy
- A college junior
- Businessman
- Receptionist
- Involved in mission work
- Stylist at the Banana Republic
Zach Sill:
- Fitness trainer
- Dishwasher. He looks like the guy who works in a restaurant that you never really see.
- Prison guard
- A wrestler. He looks like John Cena with red hair.
- The scary guy in jail. You don’t wanna mess with him.
- Race car driver.
- Truck driver
- Bartender at an Irish pub
Riley Barber:
- Chef
- Accountant
- Engineer
- Lives at home with parents.
- Computer guy.
- Works at a bank but has no idea what he is doing.
- Priest
Ryan Bourque:
- Actor
- Nurse
- Masseuse
- A chef who makes pizzas.
- Club bouncer
- Lumberjack
- Criminal
- Lawyer
Paul Carey:
- Biology teacher
- Theatre actor
- An employee at f.y.e. or any music store
- Roadie
- Stay at home dad who is working to get his degree.
- Nurse straight out of medical school
- Stalker
- That guy that dresses up as an elf at the mall during Christmas
Travis Boyd:
- Football player
- Bartender
- Works at some surf shop
- A meteorologist
- Harvard medical school student
- Dentist
- Accountant
- Niall Horan from One Direction
Chris Bourque:
- Construction worker
- Works at Kohl’s
- Sport’s store manager
- College student
- Barber by day, bartender by night
- A dad who enjoys barbecuing
- Steelworker
- Plastic surgeon
Madison Bowey:
- Flight attendant
- Football player
- Works at an Italian restaurant.
- A foot doctor
- College football player
- Zookeeper
- Works at Best Buy
- Stockbroker
Christian Djoos
- Dishwasher
- McDonald’s cashier
- High school jock
- Normal college boy
- A journalist who steals other people’s ideas and weasels his way up the ladder.
- A waiter at Olive Garden
- Medical school student
- Bakery owner
