True Calling

On the front cover of our folders, my third-grade teacher asked us to draw a picture of how we looked that day. I easily sketched and colored in a girl with yellow hair in a red dress, wearing a Monkees badge.
On the back cover, my teacher then asked us to draw ourselves as adults. I was perplexed. Teacher? Stewardess? Nurse? Secretary? Housewife? None of the girl choices were inspiring. I settled, however, and began penciling in a nurse’s hat with a red cross. Then it came to me! With great fervor, I erased the nurse’s hat and then sketched and colored in the ideal adult me: a Go-Go Dancer!