Career Preparation with Mr. Silberman

By Cynthia Breiner, Zainib Khan, Jamira Regnier, Aya Zubi

Ever thought about a career in business, or what to do after high school? If not, Mr. Silberman is a great person to meet. If you have met him you would know that Mr. Silberman is a highly educated businessman who teaches students about business careers.

“I was a call center operator,” says Mr. Silberman. After that, he began teaching at West Hempstead High School in 2003. Mr. Silberman has been a teacher for 15 years. He has an undergraduate degree in Economics, an MBA in Finance, and Masters degree in Business Education.

He has given all of his students useful tools to use after graduation. Mr. Silberman believes that “Everything in life is related to business.” We asked why he decided to bring the new Virtual Enterprise (VE) class to this school? Mr. Silberman started the Virtual Enterprise program in our high school. We were curious how he got the idea to start it in our school so we asked him. He told us, “I went to a conference six years ago, and they had the virtual enterprise program and I liked how they ran it, so, I decided to start it here.”

According to the business master, the characteristics that students need to go into a business field are time management, communication, speaking, and the desire to be successful.  When working on a project students need to “get their hands dirty” in order to be successful in life. Mr. SIlberman’s VE project is self-directed, where students get to handle everything by themselves because he believes that technology changes every day and students need to be on top of it. In order to be in the V.E. class, you have to be self-motivated and willing to gain knowledge every day.

Lastly, we were curious when this extraordinary teacher was going to retire. Mr. Silberman told us, “I will be here for another to 5-7 years.” Mr. Silberman is an amazing teacher who has advanced our school in many ways. He is a funny, lovable and relatable teacher. He is someone who can keep a conversation going and no matter how difficult the work, he will make sure you understand and succeed.

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