Career launch pad

Every young girl's life is dotted with a lot of (to her mind) interesting things. She is worried about examinations and grades, about pimples and split ends, about hair on her legs, about breasts , about her height. She aches to be liked. She wants approval form all quarters. She is worried about appearing and sounding awkward about malign the wrong decisions.

The future appears crammed with choices and every girl knows that she would ultimately ave to decide on something. Every girl wakes up with a jolt and realists that shaving her legs is not the only chore she has to face in life. It is not an easy phase. At age 16, any thing and everything can appear attractive. dreams overlap, interest emerge. The sight of a smart uniform can draw a girl's attention to certain profession, meeting an impeccably groomed business-woman can make a teenager fantasies about building an empire.

Arriving at some definite, clearly etched plan is doubly hard if a daughter has been raised "to be accomplished." At 16, a girl may dance a bit of ballet, play the piano, to be keen about the theater, speak a foreign language, name the generals who fought in which war, know in which part of the world La Paz is. Having made to dabble in many things, she is drawn to as many things.

Lucky is the daughter who has parents who insist on many positive interests but who also manage to help her discover early where she might just excel an be happy. Fortunate is the woman who finds a niche in a chosen field and who in here spare time can play a symphony or restore vase or combat clay soil.