Admissions Essay - I Don't Want to Be a Doctor
I was talking to my sister on the phone,
the little one,
and she said,
"I don't think I want to be a doctor."
And I thought,
"Oh, no."
Now, you gotta understand,
we're Asian.
South Asian, actually.
Sri Lankan, specifically.
And the thing about Asians is,
we're *all* supposed to be doctors.
We all *are* doctors.
My dad's friends are doctors.
my mom's friends are doctors,
my dad's *friends'* friends are doctors.
and all of their kids
are in med school right now,
planning to be doctors.
My middle sister is planning to be a doctor,
fourth year Johns Hopkins, pre-med,
volunteering at a local hospital,
studying for the MCAT's.
And I had thought the youngest was safely on the track,
a few years behind,
a freshman in college, pre-med,
taking Biology, Chemistry,
studying all the damned time,
going to be just what the world needs,
another Asian doctor.
And you gotta understand -- I was happy about this.
They'll be successful.
They'll have money; they won't have to worry,
They'll be able to pay the rent on time unlike their big sister
who's dumb enough to try to make a living as a writer,
but best of all
it'll make the parents happy.
After all -- *someone* had to to do it.
Someone had to make the parents happy,
and it certainly wasn't going to be me:
black sheep,
dater of white boys
writer of pornography,
destroyer of her parents' happiness.
So the little one says to me,
"I don't think I want to be a doctor."
And I panic.
And I ask why.
And she says,
this sweet kid says
that she wants to make a difference in the world,
do something good, unselfish,
help people.
I get the impression that she has vague ideas
of working in a soup kitchen somewhere.
She's eighteen, remember?
Remember eighteen?
And I want to cheer
I want to stand up and say,
"You go, girl!"
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