A 12-Year-Old's Take On The Existing Job Options
Preteen Henry J. waxes poetic on his future dream jobs.
By Henry J
Illustration by Saehan Parc
Published
Give The People What They Want is a monthly column on the happenings of a preteen, written by 12-year-old Henry J.
Jobs. It’s what keeps humanity running. Over the years, I've considered numerous jobs, and I'm going to go through them right now.
When I was 5-6 Years old, I watched a show called Octonauts, and I loved it. It made me want to become a Marine Biologist. I remember specifically asking my dad to print out various sea creatures so I could look and study them. I would watch fishing shows all the time, like River Monsters and Chasing Monsters. In every episode the host of Chasing Monsters, Cyril, would always freak out when he was trying to catch a fish. There would always be a massive storm coming, and he had to catch the fish before the storm came or the fish would hide away? I don’t know, it was really funny because they dramatized a simple day of fishing on a lake, and turned it into an action sequence. I guess when I was little i just had a passion for fish and the ocean.
Other than that, I don’t really remember anything else; the rest is a blurry slate, so onto the next Job.