Sarah+D’s+OpEd+Article



I hate when people ask me, “So, what do you want to major in/do with your life?” I’m 17. I don’t know what I want to do with the rest of my life! Some people plan their whole lives around one college, or one career; I don’t. I mean, props to those people who have their life planned/together before high school graduation, but I just can’t do it. What if you don’t get accepted or hired? Then you don’t know what to do. I feel like people (mostly of the older generations) expect us to know what we want to do by the time we’re 10. Alright, that may be an exaggeration. But please, I don’t even know what I want for dinner; let alone what I want in life. I feel like so much is expected of us in high school; we have to do AP/honours, sports, get a job, get straight A’s, get into a good college, have a clean room, and fun, but be home by curfew. Really? I’m only in high school. I’m too old to do half of the things in life, but too young to do the other half. Teenagers go back and forth between “You’re too young to worry” (or something of the sort) and “Act your age/ Have some sense of responsibility!” It’s very irksome; make up your mind adults of the world. And don’t give me that look when I say, “I have no idea” in response to your assumption that I have my life planned out. James Franco said, well yelled, it best in Freaks and Geeks, “What do you want me to do!? I’m in high school!”