Why do adults constantly ask teenagers, “What do you want to be when you grow up” or “What are you going to school for?” How the heck am I suppose to know! Yeah, I’m sure there are a lot of high schoolers out there that probably know exactly what they want to be; I’m not one of them. My dream job changes every few months.
When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a singer like Britney Spears. I also used to think I could make an amazing president. Some days I’d want to be a lawyer, other days I’d want to be the next Ghandi and spread peace around the world. What can I say? I dreamed pretty big as a kid.
In my middle school years, I wanted to be a pastry chef. Plain and simple. I wanted to own my own bakery and make fabulous cakes and cookies. To this day, I still dream about being a pastry chef, but I feel like I could do better than that. I’ve also told my parents that in my one lifetime I want to be a chef, an astronaut, a marine biologist, a geologist, an archaeologist, a historian, and a teacher. There’s just so many choices.
Now that I’m in high school, I really think a lot about what I want to go to college for, and I think more realistically these days. Obviously, I want a good-paying career, but I also want something that I would love to do every day of my life. I’m not going to be one of those people that decide exactly what they want to be while they’re still young. I think having my options open is the best way to go. I can get my high school education, go into college with an undecided major, and just go wherever my interests take me. I like a lot of things and I’m interested in a lot of things; I just need to figure out what I like the best.
Why shold you know what you want to do. You're 16! I am lucky because I know what I want to do but that's because I'm passionate about it. I want to be a photograph/zoologist. Both kind of random when compared to each other. Double major baby!!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, what you have to remember is that even if you do find an occupation that pays for the timebeing that doesn't make it perminate. People have this mind-set that they have to find their job when they are young and settle. What good is life if we always settle! You have 50+ years do change your mind and find your calling. Take your time and change your mind, Megan. Don't worry too much about money because it's just an object.
"He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead."- Anonymous