“What do you want to be when you grow up?” An Unanswerable Question
July 27, 2016
My niece, Lily, a highly-capable and thriving 3rd grade student, recently received a writing assignment. She was to write about what she wanted to be when she got older. Conflicted and stressed, she had little response to this question. Taking a risk, and defying the assignment, she wrote the following essay: My Top Ten … More “What do you want to be when you grow up?” An Unanswerable Question