I Know

I know. I know exactly what I want to be when I grow up and that is the most amazing feeling. I want to be a developmental book editor. As I type this, my head is held high with hope and potential. Editing is something I'm good at. I enjoy it and it makes me feel good, knowing that I helped that person's piece of writing become better. A developmental editor looks at character development and the story overall. I want to be a book editor because I love books and how they can affect people. Books have always been in my life and I know they will never leave. Even when my month is filled with homework, and I don't have time to read, that copy of To Kill a Mockingbird or whatever book I'm currently reading is always in the back of my mind. The thing is, this feeling that I have, this sense of belonging and happiness, is a feeling most everyone has had at some point in their life. Whether or not they pursue it can be a deciding factor in their life. Many times though, it doesn't matter what they want to be. Their parents have already chosen their profession. So many of my friends have had their future set sometimes even before they were born. My friends want to be something that is apparently not suitable for their own parents. And I hate that they cannot feel what I felt a couple days ago. I hate that their parents have decided what they want to be, what college they'll go to, and the kind of person they'll marry. I have known children of parents like this forever. And only now, only in 8th grade, are these children finally putting their foot down. It seems like there are more family issues this year then ever before. Most of them have to do with what these kids will be when they grow up. While I always hate to see a family torn apart by such an issue as this, I think it's good that kids are simply saying no and taking charge of their future. My parents have never forced this kind of thing on me and I am very grateful for that. Oh yeah, if I want to become a developmental book editor, I'm going to have to live in New York. And thank goodness, my parents are cool with that.