“I see no more than you, but have trained myself to notice what I see” (Doyle 132). These famous words of Private Investigator Sherlock Holmes have inspired me since I was a young child. The stories of Holmes, Father Brown, and shows like C.S.I., Law & Order, and N.C.I.S, as well as the encouragement from others has made it clear to me that Private Investigation is my passion and future career.
At first, my family was concerned about my preoccupation with investigation, but they were always supportive of my enthusiasm. My mom would pack me a lunch and I would get my pretend detective kit together, which included a tape recorder, notepads, pencils, a magnifying glass, camera, chalk, and masking tape. I would put on my dark glasses imagining they made me inconspicuous, and with that, I was ready to solve any crime. In addition, on Saturdays I often spent the whole day with my Uncle Joe in Brooklyn, who as a former police detective had dozens of crime investigation stories to tell me. It was like a game, where Uncle Joe gave me the details about a crime case and test me on how I would solve it. At Christmas when I was eleven years old, I received my first realistic C.S.I. crime kit which included things like finger and hand printing materials. At that age, my experiences already conformed in my mind that crime investigation was the career I would pursue.
Different detectives use different methods to solve their cases, and this has always fascinated me as well. While Sherlock Holmes uses deductive reasoning, another of my favorite detectives, Father Brown, uses intuitive reasoning to solve his cases. In addition, Holmes is thought to have had a difficult childhood, been a loner, possibly autistic, and had some difficulty with school, yet none of these problems prevented him from becoming a great detective (Lane). That there are so many ways to solve mysteries and accomplish things in spite of great odds further inspires me to believe I will be very successful as a Private Investigator.
As I begin my senior year, I will take a Forensics course to increase my knowledge and progress towards my future career. Many people find that their childhood ideas of what they wanted to be when they grew up change, but time and the things I have learned have only made my desire to continue along this path even stronger. There will always be new ways of looking at things, new technologies to use, and new cases to solve. That is why I have always known that Private Investigation is the career I will spend my life pursuing.
Works Cited
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Adventure of a Blanched Soldier. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Infomotions, 2005. 131-147. Web. http://infomotions.com/alex2/authors/doyle-arthur/doyle-case-713/doyle-case-713.pdf
“Father Brown.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., n.d. Web. 27 May 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Brown
Lane, Andrew. Q & A With Andy. Young Sherlock Holmes, 2012. Web. http://www.youngsherlock.com/uncategorized/qa-with-andy/
