The first time one of my kids came home with a result from one of those find-your-career quizzes, it was "taxidermist." We all laughed, because it was a ridiculously bad fit for this particular kid, and didn't think much more about it. When Pete's result was "mortician," we thought, "Hm, two weird results in a row." My great-grandparents owned a funeral home for many years (my great-grandmother was in demand for embalming women, as there were very few female morticians in those days), and one of my cousins still runs the business, but it's not a career any of my kids have ever considered. Again, we shrugged: there are so many factors that go into a career choice, and it's not surprising that a short quiz would offer up some surprising answers.
Today Stella came home with her quiz results. She is supposed to be well-suited for life as a pathologist.
There can't be a quiz question that asks "do you feel comfortable manipulating dead bodies?" -- right? What is happening here, exactly?
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