Albert

          Hi my name is Albert. I am a 13, now 5'7', and I have been a night nurterer for one year now. I think the elders could have done a better job recognizing that I have always wanted to be an engineer. For my four volunteering years, I spent all of my hours at the construction sites and the architectural designing stations with all the other engineers, learning from them. I am not sure what went wrong with the assignment selection process but the elders gave me the night nurterer assignment, which seemed odd. A year has passed and I have gotten used to the long nights, taking care of crying babies, and doing nothing at all when they are asleep.
           Everything else in my life is sound. I live in a great family unit, with a supporting mom and dad that have loved me since I was a one, and a sister named Samantha who understands me. There is something strange about my sister. She has these odd grayish colored eyes that I had never seen before. She sais that she can see things unlike anybody else. I tell her that if she tried to tell anybody they would give her chastisizement saying that she was lying. I beleive her though.
          I just recently started taking my stirring pills. In comparison to all my friends, I am on the late end of receiving the pills. Most kids begin taking them when they are an 11 or even a 12, but I began last month. I've always tried to ask my parents why I must take them but they always seem to skim or change the subject, never telling me exactly why.
         Life in my community is completely normal. At least, in my opinion because the truth is, I've never been outside my domain to see any other cultures or communities to see what they are like. I wonder if they have elders that select assignments for the 12s. Do they do the same things we do? Are there other communities at all? I don't know but I am constantly trying to figure out. I bet I wouldn't be thinking of these things if I had a more interesting assignment like engineer, what I had always hoped for.