“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be   1 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   2 . Each of you will have to   3  someone in your field, plus give and oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This   4  I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him   5  able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”