"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 was late, he got sick on the bus on the way home. A man that he'd seen on the bus a lot of times before helped him out and was very happy to hear that Andrew ha…