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I wanted to be an actress and a track star lol what about you?
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
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As a kid, I just wanted to be a kid. You only get to be that for so long before life requires you to start taking on ever increasing levels of responsibility. I was the best artist in my school, so my art teachers often wanted me to become a Disney animator or comic book artist. I was really good at a number of sports, so many of my coaches wanted me to shoot for the Olympics. A child psychologist that tested my IQ when I was a kid, said my IQ was off the charts, even though I was struggling with reading (dyslexia), he said I would grow up to be an excellent engineer. I was good at math and science, so teachers often threw around recommendations like Architect, Engineer, Chemist, Biologist, etc. My electronics teacher and computer repair teacher for A+ certification tried to get me to be a Computer Scientist. I don't understand why some kids want to get a job when they're like 7. Stupidest idea in the world.
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Princess, ballet dancer, professional tennis player, teacher, there were some others but those are the ones I remember the most. Obv. princess was when I was small.
My dad would try to get me interested in computer programming (nope) and accounting (nope although closer than computer programming I am not bad at it I just don't want to do it 40 hours a week). My mom wanted me to work in the medical field somehow (nope). I still want to be a teacher, kindergarden or elementary school but right now I work at the same big company as my father in a different group, I am a "project coordinator".
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1.4K opinions shared on Other topic. A mom to 4 children - 2 boys and 2 girls. And a wife too, but mostly a mom.
When I was about 6 years old, I had a few little kitty cats and I would wrap them in little flannel baby blankets. Then I would put them in my dolly stroller one at a time and stroll them around my neighborhood. They never tried to jump out or get away. I loved being their mom and nuturing them 😻24 Reply- +1 y
@7Phoenix7 Nope, my dream always followed me. I did manage to get married and have one child, a boy. I wanted to have another baby, a girl, however, my then husband cheated on me and we got a divorce. Sadly, I never got to have my little family I had always dreamed of.
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+1 yAs a 6 year old I wanted to be a princess haha so cliche. Later it was taxi driver, stylist, teacher, cheerleader and actress for the most part until into my teens.
In my late teens it was policewoman.
Now I'm an accountant haha11 Reply 4.7K opinions shared on Other topic. When I was 5, my parents took us to San Francisco for the day, and we took the commuter train (BART), which was only a couple of years old at that point. There are elevated sections and several tunnels, including one that runs under the bay and underground through the downtown of the city.
As a 5 year old, it seemed very modern and exciting, and I thought driving the train would be a great job.
20 years later, I started working in the city and had to take BART every day, and by then they were filthy and often had violent homeless people causing trouble. The shine is long gone from that Apple...11 Reply- 3.5K opinions shared on Other topic.
+1 yI was deciding between a Paleontologist and Conga Artist. I ultimately chose the legendary Conga and began my journey in said career. It went on for some time in 3rd which is also when it started. I stopped all throughout Grade 4 and got back on it in Grade 5. After that I for some reason quit again all the way until the 3rd 3rd of 7th grade. Late October of 2020 is when it truly started. From then to now, production remains active. I plan and hope to releash the first book on 022424. I started making the front cover and really should do the rest but for some reason part of me thinks it’s more complex that it actually is. My cats need to smack my face and say “don’t you die on me you fat bastard!”
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Freedom Fighters. Yes
I really wanted to be a vet which is hilarious now because I hate animals. But back then, I really wanted a dog and being a vet seemed interesting enough, but then I had to help someone get rid of a dead bird in their garden and I was like nope.
Then I was quite good at swimming for a bit, so I entertained the idea of doing that professionally or being a doctor because my parents pushed the whole doctor thing.
I'm doing nothing even remotely similar now haha
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My hobbies were football ( soccer ) and drawing... I enjoyed it and wanted to be a professional in either of them... my school coaches were really impressed and had high expectations for me... Hey, mom and dad.. Can I join a football academy? NO... An art workshop? NO... only in the summer? NO...
It's okay... It's not like I almost cry thinking about it or something... Nope, I don't.. You can't prove it lol
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Nope, never practiced since I early teens... I tried to draw something quick recently.. Couldn't hold the pen and I gave up in less than a minute... I guess there's some sort of a psychological wall now haha
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Maybe.. Who knows!
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When I was a little kid, veterinarian.
When I was a preteen, probably a nurse or still a veterinarian.
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Yeah I definitely liked it when I was little.
2.8K opinions shared on Other topic. I became fascinated with dinosaurs at an early age, maybe 3 years old. So I wanted to be a paleontologist and hunt for dinosaur bones.
When I niece was little, she wanted to be a strawberry picker.11 ReplyAs a child, I wanted to be a doctor, a forensic scientist, or a mechanical engineer. I wanted to either help people or make things that help people.
Now as an adult, all I want to be is happy and stable 🥲11 Reply- +1 y
I wanted to become a librarian or a train driver. The library was my comfort place - my safe haven when things were rough at home and for some reason I was obsessed with riding trains we a kid - despite of there being no trains there.
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I wanted to become a successful and rich gangster rapper.
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Opinion Owner+1 yI got 300 songs from Hip hop and rap and they last over 12 hours in total, so yes.
No, I do not rap. No opportunity to be a gangster rapper.- Opinion Owner+1 y
I work as a Software (Test) Engineer and make my own money. I live alone and eat whatever I want but have no drivers license.
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I'm too broke to afford a drivers license. Minimum price is 3000 EUR and i don't have that much money.
It could be possible to afford if i live with a girlfriend and share rent.
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In middle school I wanted to be a lawyer and in high school, I wanted to be a marine biologist and in university, I wanted to be a researcher or writer.
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I’m a writer
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Police Officer after watching too many episodes of The Bill as a kid - then I found out you couldn't just go straight to CID and had to be a bobby on the beat first, forget that!
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I was very busy early to do research on combustibles and sandpit mining.
So I kind of HAD a profession already.
Only by age 14 or so I had ideas to perhaps change career. Helicopters fascinated me.
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I only became a genius after high school. Heh heh.
In fact, burning diverse plastics right behind the house where Dad WILL notice it isn't too smart.
(that's why I later changed to the bushes nearby)
1.2K opinions shared on Other topic. At the time as a kid, i had no idea. Then i played digimon rumble arena on ps2... so then I wanted to be a game designer because the game was absolute garbage.
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When really small I wanted to drive the trash/rubbish trucks. I love that line in Stranger Things “Nobody wants drive a trash truck when they grow up.” (Or similar wording) cause I did! 😁
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I remember it looked fun. And made everything cleaner. People always waved at mine too. lol
12.8K opinions shared on Other topic. I wanted to be an astronaut but it wasn, t just a kid's dream. I joined Air Force ROTC with the intention of becoming a pilot and eventually getting into the space program.
21 Reply729 opinions shared on Other topic. The United States Strategic Reconnaissance aircraft - The SR-71 Blackbird 🙂❤️ SR-71 Blackbird Pilot 👍❤️🙂
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One day I was at a book fair at school and I LOVE airplanes even the World War II aircraft. Anyway I see this small book of jets. I thumbed through them and saw the SR-71 Blackbird. I instantly fell in love with its look, but amazed at the speed it could go. On TNT when we first got cable back in the 1980’s, there was a flight documentary in several parts. It was called Reaching For The Skies - narrated by Robert Vaughn. I loved watching it. Finally it came to one section called speed. And he said there is one aircraft that can go 3 times the speed of sound - The United States Strategic Reconnaissance aircraft - The SR-71…The Blackbird. What gave me a jaw dropping was the pilot on there he said - you are going faster than a rifle bullet …. You are traveling a Mile every 2 Seconds.
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I’ve seen that show. My father used to watch it. How funny.
303 opinions shared on Other topic. A mad inventer on a creative indever in the one place yet uncorupted
https://youtu. be/g1Sq1Nr58hM
But ya.. wanted to invent stuff13 Reply- 3.8K opinions shared on Other topic. +1 y
I always wanted to be head of something big.
I actually aspired to the POTUS.
I settled for the businesses I own.
11 Reply I wanted to be the CEO of a major corporation. Then I wanted to be a politician. Then a stage manager in a theater.
Instead I joined the Navy.14 ReplyDancer was allways On top of that list. At some point I also wanted to be an author of children's books and I wanted to work at Lego.
12 Reply688 opinions shared on Other topic. flight attendant
actress
spy
fbi agent
princess
soldier
teacher
scientist
lawyer
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an engineer/architect/builder all... bridges
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yes I did... bridges made of sand, and (dried) mud (blocks)... lol
always been fascinated with arches
When I was younger I wanted to be in the NBA, lol. Once I realized I wasn’t going to grow anymore I just wanted to own my own business one day. I still don’t know what the business would be is the main problem.
110 Reply535 opinions shared on Other topic. Be a part of band (singer and or any instrument) Firefighter, jet pilot, actor, video cameraman, or anything part of the tv\movie area, etc stuntman, set designer, cgi. I had way to oh many hard to get ideas lol.
13 ReplyAccording to my mom, apparently I wanted to be a clown, lol. I don't ever remember that, but I'm glad it didn't stick.
16 ReplyI wanted to be a Fire Fighters but I fell love with film making as an adult and now I want to be a Film Director/Producer.
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some reason as a child i never had a dream job
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I went back and forth between wanting to be a police officer and a firefighter.
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Made several attempts at police. No dice.
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I wanted to be a mother, raise a bunch of kids.
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So why didn't you
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@Bklynbadboy12 Almost did, lost the baby in July when I almost died, bad heart and all... going to try again.
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Damn I'm so sorry. If you have a bad heart you should talk to you doctor first
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@7Phoenix7 You're such a sweetheart
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I wanted to be a cowboy. I’m still eyeing it as an option.
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Vet, artist, teacher, singer (I can’t even sing), hotel owner 😭 so weird
11 Reply FBI Agent and/or Astronaut. Certainly NOT a teacher like I actually am now.
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I can barely speak basic Korean phrases like Hello and Thank You.
I enjoy teaching here NOW, but my 2020 and 2021 sucked. The first one was during COVID and the school itself has a reputation for overworking and underpaying its teachers.
The second school I was in, has a good overall reputation, but the particular management I had were horrendously bad, very incompetent, and expected you to do a perfect job but also not communicate with you or tell you what you're doing right or wrong. A complete clown show.
I work for the same academy franchise, but in a new city now, and the management here is far better. I make $36,000 a year in US money, which is a full time salary, but essentially work part-time hours.
I very much enjoy my job, even though teaching was supposed to be a 1 to 2 year thing only. I don't know how much longer I can do it before I get burned out (even the best of them get burned out by the ten year mark), but I could go another year or two here. One of the best jobs I ever had out of 40+.
The only somewhat-negative thing is the area I'm in; Suwon sucks. There's nothing to do here. It's 45 minutes from Seoul by train, and getting to Seoul in an under an hour is the only good thing about it. - +1 y
Yeah I recently watched a video of a woman talking about how horrible teaching in Korea was for her and she mentioned some of the same issues you mentioned such as being overworked and underpaid, bad management etc. She taught elementary students. But hey, you found something better. That's great!
It must be kind of annoying not being able to speak the language, though. 🤔 - +1 y
That girl is being melodramatic and was likely a sh*tty teacher anyway, if she had time to record footage for a YouTube channel.
I've been here long enough to say it really is a mixed bag. All of the things she's saying can be true, but it's not a universal truth or even the majority. Some schools are nightmares; while some are amazing. But there's also the teachers themselves.
To be honest, the majority of Western women just come over here to f*ck Korean dudes. That's the truth. They're fresh-out-of-college and between 22 to 25 and not quite mature yet, so they think it's going to be a paid vacation, they won't have to do any work (many of them never worked hard a day in their lives), and they only want to come over here to sleep around with Korean men, who they all think are Chads (like Asia in general, the majority of them are unattractive, out-of-shape nerds who study too much or work too many hours.)
Korea is also kind of a superficial culture overall, similar to LA, so the most desirable teachers they choose are attractive, young, white American/Canadian/British/Australian girls in their early to mid twenties, who they can market as "real Americans." Men have it much worse in getting hired, and non-whites have it the hardest in getting hired. And of course, I'm neither a white female, or young.
So those party girls usually only last a year and go home after their contracts are over. They aren't serious about working. Another thing is, it only requires you to have a four year degree and be a native fluent English speaker to get hired here; you don't need a degree in education, English, or anything else. So a lot of them are also just liberal arts flaky women who just accept the job offers they get cause they aren't employable anywhere else and happen to be young, white, and pretty.
So yeah, there's all kinds of good and bad things about teaching over here. Some schools are horrendous, and some teachers are horrendous, too. - +1 y
This girl also looks like a total diva and is whining about "free food" (95% of schools do not give you free food.) The thing about "no breaks' also differ from school to school, but most - like 60-70% - give you an hour break, or limited hours. She's also claiming it's an "unlivable salary." They pay for your rent. You live there for free... WTF is "unlivable" when you don't have to pay for rent and most of your money is disposable income (aside phone bills and utilities.)
I don't want to stereotype, but I can tell she's lazy and entitled and just expected a free vacation and some Korean booty calls coming over here. Her school was probably not good either, so I'm guessing this is a case of lazy entitled teacher at a nightmare school; worst of both worlds and definitely a rare scenario. But if the school was truly THAT bad, they wouldn't have even hired her solely because she's black. The worst ones are also the most racist and superficial. - +1 y
Oh you actually watched it! Haha, nice to hear your point of view. I believe you about the women going there looking to date a Korean man. Lol @ Korean booty calls. I know a woman personally who wants to go there. I think it's from her watching too many k-dramas and thinking all korean men act like the fictional characters or look like the K-pop stars. My best friend is a Korean guy and he's so awesome but he was born here in Cali.
Yeah I think she made that video after leaving Korea. She left and went to Canada or something. I don't want to say she's lazy I don't know, but it's funny that she complained about the money if they do pay for rent. And it would make sense for the worst schools to be racist when hiring. When she mentioned the food part... I was kind of thinking why didn't she just bring her own lunch to eat so whenever it was her time to eat the leftovers she could eat that instead..
Anyway, enjoy your time there. Keep up the good work and thanks for your responses! 😊
President of the US. Now, I wanna do something in healthcare
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A scientist on a space station. This is when I was like seven.
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Sadly no. My interests turned more toward history and literature as I got older. But I do like psychology though.
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Either clown, fruit seller, or cleaner.
Now I'm kind of those: I clean bugs, I eat only veggies, and always clown.13 Reply- +1 y
Software errors.
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Wanted to be an Air Force pilot. Not doing that but I’ve definitely followed through with the unconventional career path
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Well I’ve done a lot of different things, currently a pilot boat captain and hopefully moving onto a tug soon
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then: singer/actress
now: singer/actress/barista
11 Reply 903 opinions shared on Other topic. A veterinarian never really changed just realized it wasn't really a possibility for me.
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Oh several reasons im dyslexic, I would have a hard time telling people their pet died. It takes 7 year's of school which i can't afford and can't get a scholarship because they said my mom made to much money so I don't qualify for assistance or anything until I'm 25. I'm not very good at math because I cheated my way through some of it because I couldn't keep up with studying and deal with my drunk mother every night expecting me to be a servant to her.
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Still a child🙋🏽♀️
I want to be a barrister and move up the ladder and make money online via trading
Soon soon soon12 Reply- +1 y
Thank you so much😘
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I wanted to be an adult until I grew up and realized I wanted to be a child again! LOL
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It's a nice thought, but would you want to go back to a younger age and know what you know now? When I think back on those fun times, I know I didn't appreciate how great they were then. Would I just repeat the behavior if I couldn't bring my memories with me? Interesting question.
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I wonder if it would be as much "fun" however, if I had adult knowledge in a kid's environment. We'll never know :)
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First a computer game maker, then a biologist, then a nature show host. I became neither.
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I was very good at drawing figured I’d get into that. Never did 🤷♂️
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Not the job I want but the job I need 😐
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The silver power ranger
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I wanted to be an auto mechanic. I went to school for it and graduated but 2 years into my career I got hurt and couldn't lean over a hood for 8 hours. I changed career paths after a few jobs and decided to become an electrician
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First, I wanted to be tall. Second, I wanted to be an engineer and build things. I was very fortunate to attain both of those.
10 Reply when i was little i had and still do have a foot fetish. i wanted to be a person that massages feet.
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@DevikaButts95 woww interesting lol
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Lmao I feel that's a tough job for a guy to land in to.
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@DevikaButts95 lol
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Some day I always wanted to hire a personal foot masseuse. I think that'd be fun. Lmao.
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@DevikaButts95 yeah i wish I could lol
I was not sure of the profession but I wanted to be rich and famous man.
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A woman, a mom, a wife... And now I'm on my way to all of that.
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I've always dreamed of being a farmer, I'm still hoping to do something along those lines.
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Thank you, I will. 😊
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Game designer!!!
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Me too! Maybe some day! Lmao.
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Archeologist, so i can dig up dinosaurs.
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Doctor always. Then a surgeon.
11 Reply 628 opinions shared on Other topic. A Cheetah Girl.
13 Reply7.2K opinions shared on Other topic. I wanted to be a singer.
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@Nikki1989 Can you sing?
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Teacher, singer, cashier, dancer.
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I wanted to be president
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Opinion Owner+1 yA psychologist
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Same as today. Video game developer.
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Not yet, but I want to be.
A tit tax inspector i would still love that job
11 ReplyA farmer (I grew up on a farm).
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