Dear NSA,

Hi there. My name is Hannah Bananas and I live in a small town in Southern B.C. That’s part of Canada.  I am writing to you to ask if you could send someone to my school’s career days which are coming up in January of the New Year. That’s 2014 up here. I am 13 years old, in grade 8, and this is my last year of Elementary before I go on to High School.

The reason I am writing to you is that my friend Trish says I’m a very good listener.  She says that since you are such good listeners too, perhaps I should invite one of your members to come here and speak so that I and my fellow classmates can learn about what you do and see if that is a career prospect we might consider for the future.  As it stands, I am currently considering Mink Farmer, Train Engineer or Surveillance Analyst.

My friend Trish says that NSA stands for National Spying Agency and she heard that from some guy named Eddie Snowden.  But don’t worry, I corrected her.  I told her the “S” stands for Surveillance and that’s what makes you guys such good listeners.

Now I know I live in Canada right now but my dad is originally from Colorado so I am part American, as well as being Canadian.  When I asked my dad which part of me was American he said it was my ears, and that’s why I’m such a good listener.