"What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" by Marth Brooks; short story

Brooks, M. "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up"; Paradise Café and Other Stories, Thistledown Press Ltd.; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1988 <Tab/>Martha Brooks' short story called "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" is about a 14-year-old junior high student, Andrew, who has to take the public bus to his orthodontic appointment every third Thursday of the month. After this particular appointment, for which he …

…I would meet. Martha doesn't try so hard to make her writing sound like that of a teenage boy's thoughts that it doesn't sound realistic at all. It's very believable. Whenever I go to a big city, I notice all types of people and how different they are. He looks at people and explains them in a humorous way. I really like this story because of its ability to make me smile while reading it.