Career Planning for Junior Highs Ready answers for prying aunts and uncles as graduation approaches. Then there s the problem that we haven t completely formulated an answer to the career inquiry and we may have an unreasonable fear of being reminded that we are, in some sense, already on the unemployment rolls. We can t say we want to be a fireman or a policeman any longer. Wanting to be a doctor is risky because it might bring up the subject of grades. Planning to be a computer game expert or a professional basketball player makes a hollow ring.
Girls have an even harder time.
Wanting to be a homemaker and mother has been discounted in our society for a long time. So, today girls often feel they must make up a career. They say, I m going to be a marine biologist or a news anchor. What We Can Say An especially important point in thinking up careers is to look at abilities we already have. For example, if I like people a lot and have many friends I could use that as my answer.