Jr High Aspirations
Posted by Jules - August 14, 2007 at 04:08:28 pmI’m cleaning out my old room at my parent’s house, getting rid of excessive paper and making a half hearted attempt at finding my Jane Goodall signed copy of National Geography (I’ve done this every year for years. Where could it be???). I came across this packet from junior high, which appears to be a junior high portfolio of some sort, containing various reflections, reports, and artwork.
I remember making these in art class. We carved sheets of linoleum and glued them onto woodblocks to use as stamps. I made a maple leaf stamp (I like maple leaves), a frog stamp (ditto), and stamps carved with my dad’s last name (曹 - Cho) and my mom’s last name (朱 - Chu).
Map of oregon. I even drew in a little bean in the key and the map to represent where all the bean farms were. As you can see, my key was rather extensive. I’m guessing I spent way too much time on that map.
Ah yes, the infamous teen pregnancy reports everybody had to work on in junior high. I think my favorite part about that assignment was locating the proper magazine pictures to dress up my report with. In the first section, we had to write down what our aspirations were, and our parents were supposed to fill out what they aspired for me. To sum it up:
Me (my goals only go up to 22 yrs of age, apparently):
-Be a straight 4.0 student in HS.
-Volunteer as a candy striper at a hospital.
-Join the Volleyball team at Clackamas High. Failed. I think volleyball camp the summer after jr. high traumatized me.
-Get into Orchestra A.
-Get into Portland Youth Philharmonic.
-Make new friends. I became way more confident and much less shy in hs. Now I have no shame, bahahahah…
-Become more athletic. FAIL FAIL FAIL.
-Get a driver’s license.
-Take all the math and science classes that I could possibly take. Well, I guess I missed honors biology in hs. Stupid class conflicts.
-By age of 22, complete my bachelor’s degree and be working towards a masters in science engineering.
-Have my own car.
I guess I completed most of those goals, minus the athletics ones and the possible engineering aspirations. So not bad. My goals were definitely short term though. How come I don’t have any long term goals???? I guess 22 seems a long ways away when you are 13.
Mom’s aspirations: I want my child to be happy, bright, eager to learn, have a good education, and know what happens around the community and the world. I want her to talk to her parents as friends and let them know about her life, work, friends, school et cetera et cetera.
Dad’s aspirations: I want my daughter to be well educated and informed in what is going on in the world. I want her to be good at whatever musical field of medical field or whatever she does (I don’t recall ever wanting to make a career in either of those fields) But first of all, I want her to go to a good college like MIT.
So in summary, I think they wanted me to be a streetwise punk. [Out]
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that was thoroughly entertaining. and mommy looks cute for the concert. HUNGRY TIME! am mah yum mah yum.
Comment by Jen — August 14, 2007 #