![]() ![]() He replied, "If that's what you want to do." He moved to another student and did not interact with me again. I could tell that he didn't like my answer. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he asked me, I said that I wanted to be a nurse or a teacher. The young man who was in charge asked each of us what we wanted to do. We each had to sit in front of a computer and read about career choices. I recall a career bus at my high school when I was in the 10th grade. I assume that the people around me had conditioned me to believe that those were the only two career choices possible. Like the girls mentioned by Bix, I never considered any career choices other than nurse or teacher. "Why do so many girls want to be a nurse or a teacher? I mean, are that many girls that much into those two careers? Or do they just think there's a better chance in those two fields?" Bix continues, "Isn't it possible there might be something else they'd like a whole lot more, some field they hadn't even considered, hadn't dared try?" On page 46, Bix ponders the career choices of girls. Due to the use of stock photos online, this book is hard to locate in the Wishing Star version. The book pictured is an earlier Scholastic edition not packaged for the Wishing Star set. Even her new-found love for Bix can't solve her problems. But resentment, anger, guilt, and hopelessness still build up in Francesca. Together Francesca and her sister manage to survive a mother who is rarely sober, a father who is seldom home. ![]()
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