94. Career Human
Our oldest son is a couple years from going to college. So every other day there’s a marketing brochure from one college or another aiming to appeal to a bright young candidate such as our boy. Consequently, the question of majors and careers comes up a lot with he and his peers and it’s enjoyable to witness their perceptive and thoughtful responses.
I remember this very well. I was 17-18 and being asked the same question: “What do you plan to do with your life?” I would respond one of two ways depending on whom or what was asking.
There were those who really just wanted to hear the standard response: I’m gonna be an engineer! Or I’m thinking of going into medicine or economics or law… But what I would say (and I thought about this quite a bit) was – “I want to become an anesthesiologist!”