Newport Beach students introduced to real world

Newport Beach high school students got a whiff of the real world on

Thursday when they paired with mentors in the field of their interest.

Twenty-five students from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high

schools followed their mentors to places including restaurants,

photographic studios and the fire department to see them in action.

The event, sponsored by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, started

with a breakfast at the Radisson Hotel.

Keynote Speaker Jang Huang discussed the angst he went through trying

to settle on a career before settling down at Jaguar Cars North America.

After participating in activities like making pizza, checking out the

bowels of John Wayne Airport and getting a make-over, the students and

their mentors came back to the hotel for lunch and shared what they had

learned.