My world

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

Today is the biggest day of my life. It's the day that I choose what I am going to be for the rest of my life. I have been preparing for today since I was about 10. Today is the day that I choose a job. I want to be a teacher, but my parents have been deciding my fate ever since I was born. My parents hope that I will become a successful surgeon. The difference between my parents and I is that they value selflessness while I struggle with helping others.

When I arrived at the deciding arena (the place where everyone choses their jobs) I saw everyone dressed in formal attire. As I looked down I realized that I was a bit under-dressed. I was wearing jeans and the nicest shirt that I owned which was a black t-shirt with white stripes. I didn't really mind looking different from everyone else considering that I don't get noticed anyways. At school everyone calls me the silent e. They call me this because my name is Elsa and I don't talk much, therefore people ignore me.

As I was walking down the isles to find my seat I noticed that the boys were sitting on the left,while the girls where on the right. The walls are colored light blue. In the front of the room on the far right there is a white door and on the far left there is another one which is painted black. My seat is in the very front of the room on the right. On the seat there is a paper taped to the chair with my name on it. In front of me I see a wooden stage. On the stage there is a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes dressed in a green vest with black pants. In front of her is a podium with a microphone attached.

The woman in the green vest approaches the podium."If I can have your attention please," she begins. "Good morning, my name is Jenny. You are all gathered here today for one very important reason; to choose a job.This is one choice that can not be undone under any circumstances so choose wisely. As you have noted your parents have been told not to come, because this is your choice and we don't want them to change your choice or pressure you into one particular job. As you all know you have two choices to get a job or get married. If you are engaged or married there is a house prepared for you and your husband, but it is your husbands job to pay for the house and it's expenses every month, so all men are required to pick a job. As for everyone who is going to pick a carrier today. You will walk in through the white door and exit through the black one when your name is called. Thank you." An applaud follows her speech. As the clapping stops the talking begins again. As everyone is talking to each other I can't help but think about the part where Jenny talked about how this is our choice and we shouldn't pick it based on our parents hopes for us. At that moment I had decided to do what I wanted and be a teacher.

The process of job choosing was very short it only took about 5 minutes for each person. After about only 30 minutes (which is a short amount of time to wait considering how many people where there) Jenny called my name. As I was walking to the white door my palms started to get sweaty so I wiped it off on my jeans. I opened the door and see a man sitting at a desk with a pen and paper in front of him."Job?" The man at the desk said in an angry voice."Teacher," I said firmly." "Go over there," the man pointed to an additional door. When I walked through the door I saw what looked like a doctor's office. There was a man sitting on a metal chair gesturing me to sit in front of where he was. As I get closer I notice that he has a needle with a dark yellow liquid in it. So of course I do as he said and sit down."What are you injecting me with?" "Don't worry about it",said the doctor or whatever he was. So I didn't question him anymore and just did as I was told." "Lay down and give me your arm," he said. When I laid down and gave him my arm he injected me on my forearm, and that was it the decision was made. I felt like a big weight was lifted off my shoulders. When I went to sit back down again I just waited and thought about how everyone took longer than me. When I went in I only took 2 minutes at the most. I also realized that the boys were so quite you could hear a pin drop. It's as if the insulin shut them up. The girls didn't change at all they kept talking like if nothing happened, why were the boys so quite. Something weird is happening and I have a million theories of what it could be.