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So doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let's see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that's three. that's three. er...| don't know, was it housewife? did that count? that's not a career. that was considered a career. er...yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was...it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. so, which box did were you ticking at that age? well, i was a m...

To our future careers. so there were lots of future careers for boys. so doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let's see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes, got it. ok, that's three. that's three. i don't know, was it housewife? did that count? that's not a career. that was considered a career. yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, it was. . . it was airline stewardess. oh, right, of course. ...

Which was supposed to be guiding us to ourfuture, um...careers. hmm. so there were lots of future careers for boys. so doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let's see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that's three. that's three. er...i don't know, was it housewife? did that count? that's not a career. that was not considered a career. er...yes, but domestic science. 0k. otherwise known as home economics. home economics. right. and the fifth one, which is a bit surprising that early, i...

Thinking in that way at all when you're seven. no. when i entered what we would call high school, they gave you a book called guidance. we had it in class, called guidance, which was supposed to be guiding us to our future, um...careers. hmm. so there were lots of future careers for boys. so doctors, lawyers, you know, rocket scientists and what have you. and there were five for girls. let's see if you can guess what they were. secretary? yes. nurse? yes. teacher? yes. got it. ok, that's three. that's three. er...| don't know, was it housewife? did that count? that's not a career. that was con...

Really? i was almost three years younger, so they're much more rudimentary. it doesn't sound like you at all. well, you know, i became... i matured as an author. so, i did write my first full novel at about seven, and it was about an ant. you were seven then. about, yes. and did you at some point at school, when you're looking forward in life and thinking, you know, i'm going to have to, at some point, be a grown—up and have a job, at what point...? oh, that comes much later. i don't think you're thinking in that way at all when you're seven. no. when i entered what we would call high school...