What did you want to be when you grew up? Its always interesting to see what everyone wanted to be when they were little. The first job I ever said I wanted to be was a vet. Then it was a ballerina, a pediatric surgeon, an anesthesiologist, a wedding planner, a wedding cake decorator, and finally a music teacher, which I went to college for until recently. I'm now trying to figure out what I really want to do with my life, and I think my four year old self had the right answer. A Vet. What about y'all? |
Carmen I thought about starting this thread too!:) That's great that you know what you want to do:D I wanted to be a Sportscaster. My first passion aside from Yorkies and being a Mommy is sports. You will never be in our house and there isn't sports on. We are currently watching the NBA playoffs. My first love is Football but I love Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer you name it. I majored in communications and worked in Sports radio for awhile. I am a total sports junky and my husband is just fine with it;) |
I can't remember.... sorry. |
A foster parent. People would always say "that's not a real job" but it's what I wanted to do. I kind of got to be one as a surrogate. |
OK, I admit it: A fireman. Closest I came was a high school report, where I spent a day at the fire department and wrote about it. In college, I wanted to be a photojournalist. I spent some time as a writer and photographer and ended up as a career copy editor for newspapers. I still dream of doing something with photography. Maybe in retirement ... |
I wanted to be an artist, and then a journalist or author. In high school I got involved in a program at the local vocational school, and that's when I became certain I wanted to be a teacher. I love what I do, and I can't even imagine doing anything else. :) |
In middle school I wanted to be a home economics teacher (now called family and consumer science)... I went to university and received my science degree with a minor in education for...... Home ec.. Then I got a job in banking. The thing with home economics each school district only hires a few.. Not too many job openings. Well..In my early 30's I, after moving to Miami (remember I grew up in a small southern town) I got a position teaching in a inter city high school. So I fulfilled what my 13 year old self wanted. It was not the dream job ..very hard..but I am still teaching 25 year latter. I am now teaching in a better region and I am teaching middle school. I have had students tell me they want to do what I do. The sad thing is education is changing ...with all the test I just don't know the future of electives. I am also certified to teach science and reading. Now my dd....they are 25 and still don't know what they want to be..so different then I was.lol I say desiring what you want at such a young age and being focused as I was limits Other options..the research now states young people will change jobs and careers often (can't remember the percentage) it is not like your parents time at all. That can be good...you can experience so much more. |
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I always wanted to be a lawyer. And, my Mom always said I would be a darn good one too, with the way I liked to argue:D I still say I just spoke up for what I thought wasn't right and still do.:cool: |
I remember now. My first love was art. And I always wanted a horse for Christmas. When my Dad took me to the races (at 13), when I saw the horses running down the home stretch, I had a premonition that I would be a jockey one day. My first job out of high school was at a gas station, where a horse trainer happened to come in to buy gas... and offered me a job at Pimlico. I worked at the East Coast tracks, mostly Maryland, Delaware Park, the Meadowlands in NJ, and Charlestown, WV till I was 28, never got a break to ride in a race. I worked at Sagamore Farm and Polinger Farm Corp. breaking yearlings and 2 year olds. In 1976 I was thrown from a horse and broke my back. Healed up and went back to riding. Had to give up that dream bc I was getting too old... So I went to college and worked at a few Data Processing companies and majored in Computer Sciences. Then I met DH and quit school and work to take care of his children (one is Special Needs)... just took local jobs to help out. I worked at a Plant Nursery growing azaleas, then went to work for a few vets. I went back to college part time, changed majors to biological sciences, but all the programs I looked into were for full time day students. Took a job at a snake breeding facility (Albino Boa Constrictors)... that was my last job. Then I had surgery on my back. Now turning back to more artistic endeavors.... lol. |
Journalist but I ended up being an insurance agent |
I wanted to be a vet for a long time but when I got older my mom said you know that means you have to put some animals to sleep and I just could not do that no matter how much it would end there suffering it just would be so hard one me. Then I wanted to do something with kids but as my anxiety got worse it turned back to animals. I just trust them so much more then people. A dog never stops loving you and forgives you and doesn't judge you and people just are not like that. But I am very allergic to cats to that also means I couldn't be a vet. I still have no idea what I wanna do. |
A dancer. I became an elementry teacher and watched the little kindergarten children dance. |
elementary ...typo |
Wanted to be a registered nurse. Didn't do that due to some of the patient cleaning & shall we say other things one has to do during training, etc., & possibly after in the way of cleaning up after the bedridden patient that I figured out my stomach probably wouldn't agree with so I just always worked for Orthopedic Surgeons. Even though they told me R. N.'s didn't have to do much of that after school & internship, I didn't entirely believe it! |
First it was a Veterinarian, than a Beautician and than a Photographer ! Well I am none of those things.... never made it to college and now I am a stay at home mother and child care provider. I do cut hair thou, been cutting my DH's and kids for the past 20 sum yrs. |
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