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Hey, I'm 13 and I'm writing a book. The set-up is a trio of kids on career day. Then a mysterious woman gathers them close and says they have to come and learn from her; they have to, or the world will be destroyed. Then she takes them to another planet and they save the world. I won't get into details. But there is one niggling detail that comes up more than once in my story and I really need to know...
What non-core subjects are there and what subject has a career day or what is career day exactly? You see I'm homeschooled, so I wouldn't really know. Please help. And any other details about school (jr. High) you could offer would help alot. You know, like about cliques, how people act, what teachers are like, how classes are set up, you know the, the whole nine yards. Thanks!

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What subject is career day in? Or is it in a subject? And do you go to class at all that day? I don't mean the type of career day where ppl stand up a talk about their jobs I mean liek there are tables put up and you read about each job then figure out who you want to learn from that day

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I know my book is far fetched, but hey, it's fantasy, it's not like wrinkle in time got turned down; it's a hit and has been for years. It has won awards.

Answer 1

wow this is a far out sci-fi idea!

career day is a day when people from diffrent careers come to schools and educate kids on what its like to be in that career.

for instance, a doctor might come to school to talk about what its like in the medical field. An actor might go to school and talk about acting. A police offer might do the same thing. It all depends.

Almost all careers are represented, based on the people a school can get to represent each career.

The main point is to educate students on a certain career path and maybe get them motivated.

Answer 2

You will find it hard to make your book feel genuine if you are writing about something you have no experience of. If I were you, I'd wait for some answers to your questions and then see what sort of a short story I could write from that, and then put the story away and in a few weeks read it again. Do the same but based on your own experience of homeschooling for another short story. The words will feel newer when you come to read them both and then you'll be able to judge if it was a worthwhile exercise. Look at which story you like, and work out why.

It is important that you are familiar with your subject, for accuracy obviously, and also so you know where possible plotlines can spring from. You need to know the intricacies of the situation to replicate it in a credible believeable way.

Answer 3

It is so much better to write what you know. How about three home schooled kids that get to go to Jr. High for the day, since career day is special. I am sure it is different at every school, so it really wouldn't matter what you made yours like. That is why it is called fiction.

After you write it, an editor or friend can read it and suggest changes.