There's a lot of things society doesn't trust me to do.
I can't vote. I can't drive. I can't even order something off the TV by myself.
I get it. I'm fifteen and I'm not as responsible as I will be one day. I can understand whoever decides these things wanting to wait a few years to make sure that when I take on more responsibilities that I can handle it.
So if I can't be trusted with things like the above, how can I be expected to know what I want to do with my life?
The future is what Scheduling Week is all about. It's like a game -- put yourself in a tidy little slot and take classes that will help you get there.
The thing is, it's not that neat for me . . . I have no idea what I want to spend the rest of my life doing.
When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a ballerina/teacher/snake wrangler (inspired by the awesome Steve Irwin). That's not exactly my career goal now, but I'm having just as hard of a time deciding. It seems like just yesterday they were telling us, "Don't worry, you have plenty of time." And now it seems like I'm lagging because I don't know.
I started out my freshman year wanting to be a forensic anthropologist. That changed to a coroner journalist, a normal journalist, back to a forensic anthropologist and an archivist. Right now, I'm more confused than anything and I'm trying to keep the pressure off.
So I'm wandering through high school, directionless. Most of my classmates already know what college they want to go to. And this week just emphasizes that I don't know what I'm doing.
This choice affects my future in a way that ordering something off the TV can't. So if they don't trust me to do that, how can they even think of trusting me with something like this?
This is sims2girl, off to fill out her Yearbook Application form.
-Pencil Noises-
