Getting Your Priorities Straight

How cute is this little girl?  Knowing exactly what she wants, and who she wants to be.

I have to admit, though, I'm actually kind of really jealous.  With me being in grade 12, it was due time to make a decision:  Which university should I go to? What should I study?  I've always wanted to know about the future - what my career will be, what I will be like, who I'm still going to know, and just in general - and envied the people who knew who they wanted to be since the age of 5, like this young girl.

In my school board, it is mandatory to take a careers course in grade 10.  It is supposed to help students prepare for their senior years of high school, and to make sure they take the courses necessary to get into their program of choice at their post-secondary institution of choice.  For me, this class was just an everyday reminder that my future was a huge secret, even to me.  I spent my time trying to figure out what I wanted to study, and every questionnaire I did gave me different answers, or random answers like "magician."  Now don't get me wrong, magicians are cool, but I would rather watch one than be one.

I also happened to be scheduled to take this course after I had already chosen my courses for the next year.  Everyone in my class and taking the course the same time as me suffered from this ill-planned timing.  How is this course supposed to help us choose courses for next year when we've already chosen them?

My one chance at planning my life out like this little girl, ripped away.