I've put out a whole load of posts today, I'm hoping that they will keep you going through the week if I can't post much. BUt I've been typing away today and will most likely have another post up for you tonight as long as my mum doesn't make me go to bed. BUt she might.
Anyway, please include my grandma in your prayers tonight as she is having surgery tommorrow.
Enjoy!
Katxxx
Dear Diary,
Today was terrible, and I mean really, really bad. We had to right out our ambitions and aspirations in class, and the teacher made me read mine aloud! One girl said that my dreams were pathetic; another said I needed to get some ambition. Even the teacher laughed! It wasn't fair! I don't want to be the best; I just want to be happy. What's so funny about that?
One boy said her wanted to be a brain-surgeon he said he wanted to help people, not just throw his life away over-populating the planet. The last comment was obviously aimed at me. I do want to help people. I do! But my mum always says that I didn't need big dreams and career plans because I could marry rich and not have to worry about working. I'm not my mum though. I plan on marrying for more than just money.
I like science, my teacher said I could be a doctor if I wanted to, and I think it could be quite interesting. But I don't think I could handle it, the pressure would make me crack.
I think my parents would go nuts if I said I wanted to be a doctor or anything that required lots of training. My sister wanted to be an architect but they soon squashed all her ambition, so where's the point in even trying. Really.
I'm 13; do I really need to be thinking about what I want to be when I am older? It seems to son, but Mr. Taylor, my teacher says I'll need to decide as it will affect what subjects I want to take.
Until today I was perfectly content with my plans, but now I don't know. Mr. Taylor said that we could become anything we wanted if we put in the effort. And if that boy can become a surgeon, then I can become a doctor. If I wanted too. Which I don't. And can't even if I did.
Mum's calling me, she wants me too learn to cook for my future family, according to her no woman has a purpose if she doesn't have skills in the kitchen. Right, whatever.
Got to go.
Bibi!
xxxxx