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What did you want to be when you grew up!
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I always wanted to be a Dancer. I still do but my time has passed!0
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I wanted to be a wife and mommy to four kids; two girls and two boys. Well the wife part didn't turn out so well but I am Mom to two kids; one girl and one boy. Now I'm accounts payable/acccounts receivable clerk for a small company that sells aircraft evacuation equipment.0
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I always loved and excelled at Math & Science so I always wanted to be a doctor. In my highschool yearbook I'm quoted saying I wanted to be the team physician for the Chicago White Sox...well Organic Chemistry kicked my *kitten* and I changed my major from Biology to Finance. Now, I am a buyer and planner for retail stores...I love it!
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A mortician. Someone had to be "that" kid, lol.
I was a mortician's assistant before becoming a stay at home mama. one day...... 0 -
A robotics technician. Currently getting my masters in Cybernetic Engineering, so far looking bright for me!0
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Pediatric Oncology RN. Still do.
me too!!! i'm an LPN at a pediatric clinic now. not sure i'm tough enough to handle peds oncology. :ohwell:0 -
I wanted to be a blueberry picker or a maid, hehe. When I was jr high/high school I wanted to be a vet or a wildlife ecologist. Now I'm an entomologist/microbiologist so I didn't stray too terribly far. I still think I'd enjoy picking blueberries for a living though.0
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A mortician. Someone had to be "that" kid, lol.
I was a mortician's assistant before becoming a stay at home mama. one day......
AWEsome. Seriously.0 -
I wanted to either play second base for the Padres or drive a Zamboni. I currently sell vacation rentals in Europe.0
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All at different points in life:
Singer
Astronaut
Mommy
X-Ray Technician
Doctor
Marriage and Family Therapist
Social Worker
Psychiatrist
Paralegal
Now, I'm going to school to become an Occupational Therapist.0 -
I wanted to be in broadcasting and communications or a teacher..back and forth between both. Now I am a full time wife and mother of four. I love it and would never change it..but thinking about going back to school now to get my teaching degree. Now that th kids are older! Now that i think of it..theres lots of communications involved in being a mom lol!0
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First and foremost, "famous" - although when I was a little kid I wasn't really sure what that meant. But I knew that you got to wear lots of makeup and have your ears pierced :P0
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A mortician. Someone had to be "that" kid, lol.
I was a mortician's assistant before becoming a stay at home mama. one day......
AWEsome. Seriously.
Aw, thank you. I miss it so much. I asked my former boss if he would take his laptop into the prep room and call me on skype to get my embalming fix... ha. 0 -
I wanted to be Mary Tyler Moore. She looked like she was a strong woman doing it all on her own. I had no idea what "it" was she was "doing". Then I decided I should be a secretary, like my Mom. Because I had a chovanistic sort of family and what else could I do? I was a whoop-*kitten* typist, but my Mom actually convinced me to take the easier math classes despite my math teacher telling me I didn't belong there. I typed many of my classmates applications for college, then an astounding thing happened: a teacher asked me why I didn't type my own. My Grandpa told me I could be a great hair stylist. That was the last straw. I entered college as a biology major. I wanted to be a biologist, or in forestry. I loved biology, science, plants and animals. First book and calculator for my first class and I sadly realized I was woefully unprepared. I became a nurse. A practical and science related field that seemed like it would be a smart job market pick. It was.
I tried to never allow my girls to think they can't do math. I tried to push them into being math-ish and aspire to being smart. Proudly, my oldest is an Entomologist/microbiologist, and my 11 yr old is, indeed, loving math-science-animals-biology. Life has a way of working out. I have 2 granddaughters and I believe they are smart as whips. 0 -
I wanted to be a boxer, a mortician, a cosmetologist, ultrasound technician, & I would love to do piercings.0
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When i grew up I wanted to be married to Lisa Bonet.
I'm still keeping the faith...0 -
I want to be a nurse......I did in a way....I used to work in an age care hostel.......
Now I have the bestest job.....I drive taxi's and simply love it...My age care work has come in really handy cause I deal with a lot of elderly......0 -
All I remember is telling everyone that I wanted a maid.
Therefore, when I was little I wanted to marry someone rich and do nothing.
It WILL happen for me someday.....
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I wanted to be a gymnast, then an accountant
Currently a Dental Assistant with desire to be a mega-million lottery winner!0 -
when i was younger, i wanted to be a music teacher or a famous drummer.
i went from art major to engineer -- now working as an engineer.
but really, i want to be starbuck from battlestar galactica. (haha, yep, nerd.)0 -
I wanted to be a veterinarian...yep, that didn't happen!!!0
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i wanted to be Mary Lou Retton or the lady that puts the mashed potatoes in the little cups at KFC.
Im a legal assistant to 3 attorneys - 1 of which makes my job suck. everything else about it is fine.
i would love to sell purses.0 -
I always wanted to do something in Computers.
I got GCSE's in IT. BTEC National in IT and a Degree (BSc Hons) in Business IT.
But I failed 1 exam in my Degree which was in Database's. My Database Teacher told me to never do anything in database's.
3 Weeks later I got a job as an Oracle Database Administrator lol.
I am still doing it 14 years later at my 5th firm and keep getting a new thirst for it.
Never boring and Never the same 1 day to the next.0 -
What Im doing now:
-going to school for pharmacy
Some of the things I wanted to do, there is a lot in total:
-Video Game Designer
-Computer Lawyer
-Currency Trader
-Computer Engineer
-Stand Up Comedian
-Actor
-Pastor (so I could just talk and everyone has to listen)
-Radio personality
-TV personality
-Forensic Scientist
-Dentist
-Club DJ
-Wedding DJ
-Sound Technician
-Sound Engineer
-Producer
-Programmer
-Blogger.Journalist
-Owner of a haunted house
-Chemical Weapons Engineer
-CIA
Im sure there is a lot more, but thats the few I can think of right now0 -
These are great !0
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I wanted to be a ninja.
Biology grad student, now -- also a ninja.0 -
I wanted to do anything with flying, I was thinking about being a pilot. Now I am a fashion designer 0
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Always wanted to be an Archeologist or Egyptologist.
Now I am a property manager and just graduated with a B.S. in Advertising and trying to get into that now.0 -
LOVED her showI wanted to be Mary Tyler Moore. She looked like she was a strong woman doing it all on her own. I had no idea what "it" was she was "doing".0
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Wanted to be a marine biologist or an egyptologist in the worst way.
Now? I'm a stay-at-home mom going to school online for medical coding.
Hoping that someday after the kids are older I can at least SEE my 2 dreams by going to the ocean and Egypt. Hopefully...0
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