What did you want to be when you grew up?

[pandafishowner]

I used to want to be a counselor or a teacher. Then I had kids. Now I've got training in being damn near everything, because as you know, a parent isn't just a parent, we're everything. I also realized that I don't like other people's kids as much as I thought I would, and definitely not enough to want to be around them 8+ hours a day... I think I can blame that on those stupid parents at stores that let their kids run around like maniacs and then start looking around frantically wondering where their kids are.

I do have a background in interior decorating though. But currently a part time home care worker.

[christyf5]

I wanted to be a veterinarian. By the time I got to college I realized not only did I have to have straight A's to be accepted into vet school but I had to be perfect (while I really am perfect, some people are blinded by my perfection and just don't see it clearly ). Screw that. I became a biologist and ended up specializing in marine biology.

[Aquattro]

I haven't really decided yet...

[Murminator]

Wanted to be a helicopter pilot....still thinking about it just the pay isn't very good to match the 60G in training

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I haven't really decided yet...

Nor I. Luckily, I haven't really grown up yet. There's lots of time to figure things out yet ... I think.

[fishoholic]

When I was really young I wanted to be an actress/singer/model as I got older I thought about being a teacher, and now I work in a daycare.

[Beverly]

I wanted to be an artist and writer. In some form or another, I've been able to do both over the years.

[RobynR]

Wanted to be a Vet, but the school counsellor in grade eight said it would never happen; people like that should be fired. Instead I took accounting in college and am now a bookkeeper.
When I was a kid, I brought every kind of animal you can think of home. When I was eight or nine, I brought a Canadian goose home under my arm; I found it at the beach with a broken wing. It was at least half my size, my mom still has no idea how on earth I caught it or even carried it LOL.

[VFX]

When I was young, I wanted to make the skeletons & monsters come alive in movies (just like in Jason & the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans) and was told by everyone (teachers, career counsellors, parents etc.) that I should just forget it as it will never happen.

I've been working in movie visual effects for about a decade and now my old teachers ignore me.

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[Keri]

I wanted to be a marine mammal biologist but... I don't really like swimming in saltwater or the idea of putting on a clammy wetsuit...or boats... lol..... I DID end up working with animals though (veterinary ward nurse) and only have to go armpit deep in my marine tank!

I'm really happy with the end result