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 …showed first 75 words of 796 total…

…showed last 75 words of 796 total…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.