No easy answer to what you want to be when you grow up
LISTEN UP! STAFF
Have you ever felt like adults were pushing you to hurry and pick out the one thing that you want to do with your life
I have and it’s happening more than ever now that I’m nearing the end of high school.
While I know guidance counselors are just doing their job, guiding us into the right direction and into our adult lives, but if a student is stuck, the school system can add extra stress by trying to figure this out.
Some of us want to do a lot of things with our lives. It’s really difficult to pick just one.
When I was little, I always said I wanted to help people. Helping people is what makes me happy. But there is so much that could possibly see myself doing as an adult.
I love to paint and draw. I’ve always wanted to go to art school. Art is a major part of my life ever since kindergarten when I first started finger painting. I could see myself in an art career.
But then there’s music. I have played the bass clarinet and clarinet for 6 years now in concert band, symphonic band, marching band and, soon, in a wind ensemble. Music is my soul. I have always thought about composing a piece of music for a large group of professional players. Needless to say, I want to pursue music as a career.
But, there’s also cooking. I love cooking, and believe I would make a great head chef one day.
I’m slowly beginning to realize what it is that I want to do. I’m not 100 percent there yet but if I take it slow and try not to stress too much about it, when it comes time for me to start a life of my own, I believe I’ll know which direction to go in.
I’m also learning to have a little fun. Before you know it, your four years of high school are going to come to an end.
You can only be a teen once.
Courtney Holland is a junior at White Oak High School.
