What did you want to be when you grew up?

Hannah_Alumni

With the summer holidays drawing closer, I have children amongst my family and friends who are finishing exams and enjoying end of the school year treats, like amusement park trips and prom. 

It got me thinking, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a singer like Shania Twain. Saying I strangle cats when I try is putting it lightly! 😂 

rebel11

@Hannah_Scope

A Bellhop, I didn't set my heights too high. 

66Mustang

Pilot

michael57

i left school at 13 started milking cows the day after and milked cows up to my 2 strokes 18months ago aged 65 have a job to walk and see now but i potter around in the garden on my 2nd youth haha

C_J

When I was younger I always wanted to work on a lighthouse.

rebel11

I was in the wrong year at school, I should have been in the year below, I was born in late August, the new year starts in early September. That made me 'extra rubbish', had I been in the right year, I would have been just 'rubbish'.

woodbine

In a word "rich".    in several words "it didn't work out that way"

Hannah_Alumni

@rebel11 Why a bellhop? I always think of a Hollywood movie, is that where you saw them first? 

@66Mustang You aren't afraid of heights then!  

@michael57 My friends husband works on a dairy farm. What kind of cows did you have?

@C_J Are you a fan of the sea? 

@woodbine I pray every time I put the lottery on  

life

Human 👀👍

rebel11

@Hannah_Scope

Yes and my job description would be simple 'push button' to go up, 'push button' to go down, eaves drop on secret conversations, pass that information onto 'SMASH', a counter intelligence organisation.        

OverlyAnxious

Wanted to be an archaeologist when I was very young.

By the time I was leaving school I just wanted a trade, plumber or electrician.

Hannah_Alumni

@life  

@rebel11 Haha! You'll be a spy then!

C_J

@Hannah_Scope I've always been interested in the sea but when I was younger lighthouses fascinated me for some reason.

Hannah_Alumni

@C_J Have you visited any? 

C_J

Hannah_Scope said:

@C_J Have you visited any? 

Only a couple in the UK I also like old buildings and the history behind them I find things like that really interesting especially historical things how about yourself?

Hannah_Alumni

I haven't ever visited a lighthouse, but definitely done a lot of historical sites over the years. My grandparents live in South Wales. So we always visited castles as kids I recently went to Charlecote Park, for a visit, was lovely!

michael57

haha hannah in my limited working life i have milked every breed of cattle in the uk worst one i ever tried was farmer had a french beef breed cow lost its calf and he said we will milk it boost the butterfat i milked it for a week then had my day off and farmer got kicked and broke his arm end of milking beef cows lol

rustledjimm

An archaeologist.

But then at 9 I realised I was scared of skeletons and that might come up. Then I moved onto astrophysicist.

Ended up being neither but keep hobby interests in both! No longer scared of skeletons either.

Hannah_Alumni

Oh no! @michael57 What did the farmer move onto next? 

@rustledjimm Glad you are no longer scared! Have you seen the article on the new species of dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight?! 

DayDreamBeliever

A vet then a zoologist, I've always related more to animals than humans! I switched from wanting to do zoology to psychology when I was about 16/17 because of a desire to understand humans. Apparently not an uncommon experience for autistic girls 

Hannah_Alumni

@DayDreamBeliever I studied psychology too! Did you want to work with animals broadly or did you have a specific animal you wanted to work with?