Personal Narrative: Shadowing A Home

In fifth grade, once every week, I would be pulled out of my regular class to participate in a gifted math class. We would solve puzzles, solve problems, and play games that would get our minds to think. I do not remember much from this class, but I do remember the week we spent drafting our dream house on paper. We had specific guidelines to follow regarding the measurements, and what needed to be contained in the house. Simple things like a restroom, two bedrooms, a kitchen. Otherwise, we were set free to do as we pleased. I remember this because I became charmed by solving the problems that come with drafting a home. Making things make sense, and fit, was frustrating, but in a way that motivated me to keep going at full speed. That is why I seeked out an architect to shadow. Before starting my research, or participating in my shadowing, I knew very little about architecture. I knew they made good money, because my parents told me so, but I did not know how much schooling it would take. I thought architecture was all on paper, and I had no idea of the requirements for buildings. I truly had no idea what I was getting myself into. I found
The first day, I met him at 8am, and the first thing we did was the interview. One of the first things I learned about was the amount of school it took to be an architect, and I was immediately turned off by the job. First, he had to get a four year undergrad. Then, a five year masters in architect. After all that schooling, he had to go through a three year internship shadowing an architect. Once he was finished, there is a test that determines whether or not you can become an architect. It is a four day exam, which contains a combination of nine paper and performance tests. The failure rate was more than seventy-five percent. All of these requirements seem too intimidating to me. That being said, I am only fifteen. Who knows how I’ll look at this field of work in a couple