Speak: Part 2, Chapter 4 Summary & Analysis

Merryweather High holds Job Day, which Melinda mercilessly mocks. After taking an aptitude test, she is given a bewildering array of options that include “forestry” and “mortuary science.” Heather, meanwhile, is delighted to be told that she should become a nurse; she plans her life right then and there, and Melinda marvels at her certainty. She can’t think about a career until she “get[s] out of ninth grade alive.”