Up until I was about 13, I wanted to be a vet. I wanted to have my own animal ambulance and drive around looking for injured animals to help; I kid you not.

I'm actually a pretty good artist and sometime in junior high I decided that it would be cool to be an architect. Actually, I still think that would be very cool! Then I found out about that whole "architects should be able to do math" thing and reluctantly dropped that idea. I could do math if I had to, but I didn't want to do it as part of my actual job!

In high school, I fell in love with writing (mainly because I found out I had the ability to write better than the other students with less effort) and that's where I found my niche. I declared my English Writing major early on with the intention of being a newspaper reporter but at the beginning of my senior year I decided to try out a public relations internship. I decided that was for me and that's where I ended up.

A pediatrician, which is strange when you consider how much I dislike doctors and children.

When I was 4 I wanted to be a vet. Now, I am a vet.

KR, I too wanted to be my own animal ambulance. Sometimes, I am but it is hard in a 2 door convertible.

The earliest ambition I had was to be the first woman to win the Daytona 500 - until I took a stock car over 120mph & freaked!

Even while I wanted that, though, I still wanted to be a writer and a mother. That's when the grand plan began: I was going to William & Mary, work in Colonial Williamsburg during the summer while majoring in languages & writing, then upon graduation, spend one year being a tour guide, then work at CW while writing the Great American Novel.

Me, too!!

From 6 to 13 I wanted to be an architect.

From 13-16 I wanted to be either an architect or an automotive designer (when I found out people got paid to do that!), and be a writer too.

I went to architecture school for three years, got sacked after one of my professor's (who to this day has still never had anything he's designed built) told me I had no talent. I still toyed with the idea of writing a novel.

Changed my major to history and political science without any real clue as to what I was going to do.

At 21 got the idea to go into the Foreign Service for the State Department. That lasted until I was 24 when I was rejected for the foreign service...

Worked in retail, government, and non-profit for six years.

And now I'm a Greek Advisor (and my novel is well under way).

You're just gonna put that out there huh?

-Rudey

I wanted to be:

• Dr.
• lawyer
• an undercover cop (thanks 21 jump street!)
• an olympic athlete in gymnastics and track
• a pro cheerleader in the UCA
• Equestrian
• photographer** YEAH!
• vet **love the animals
• Architect**ditto on the math thing
• race car driver
• motorcycle racer (driving one is now enough)
• teacher
• summer camp counselor (did it many times)

Let's see now:
*an astronaut
*a teacher
*a pathologist
*a ballerina

yeah man, ain't no shame in my game.


what ever i do, i become the best!

I first remember wanting to be a teacher. Then I changed my mind and wanted to be a doctor. Then I fine tuned it to psychiatrist. I got admitted to a combined bachelor's/medical school accelerated program but before I accepted it, I decided that I didn't think I could be a good psychiatrist AND a good mother (cuz I always wanted to be a mom) so I decided on Occupational Therapy. I worked as an OT for 13 years, in the field of mental health. Since OT involves teaching life skills and I was doing it on psychiatric units, I ended up combining all of the careers I had once wanted into one. At 35, I changed careers to IT. If I could do it all over again, I'd be either a teacher or an Optometrist. But, I like what I do now. I haven't decided yet what my next career will be...

Dee

Age 6 - Ice Skater

Age 8 - Elementary School Teacher (2nd grade)

Age 10 - Olympic Gymnast

Age 14 - Elementary School Teacher (4th grade)

Age 16 - Officer in the USMC

Age 20 - Elementary School Teacher (any grade)

Now I'm 23 and am a 5th grade teacher!!! :-)

I find it interesting that so many wanted to be teachers at some point. I imagine this would be because we it's the one career we have a ton of exposure to as kids and we feel most comfortable in a school setting because it's a setting we are familiar with.

My daughter can't decide between "teacher" and "author" so I encourage her to go into teaching and she can do her writing in the summer months (in case she doesn't become a best selling author, I want her to be able to eat!). She would also love to be a vet but she's allergic to so many animals it just wouldn't be smart to do that! My son wants to be a meteorologist on The Weather Channel.

Dee

I would have to say that ever since 4th grade when we watched a video with Jack Hanna (or someone like him) I have wanted to work with animals-be a vet to be more specific. Now I am 23 and am still in school (took the long scenic route), and I still want to work with animals, but I don't think I want to be a vet per se. I want to work with and focus on arachnids. For some strange reason, don't ask why, I think that spiders are cool creatures. They are so small and some can probably kill you faster than man-made weapons...

Elena

-interior decorator

-Debbie Allen (writer/producer/actress/singer/director)

-an executive in Human Resources (training and development)

-teacher

I'm a preschool teacher
:D

When I was in elementary and middle school, I wanted to be chief justice of the supreme court. My mom's brother and sister were/are lawyers and it looked so fun. I'm not sure when that "dream" died.

In high school I wanted to be a journalist. When I got to college I switched my major to PR. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do.

My absolute dream job is to be a travel writer for National Geographic Traveler magazine because it combines my love of travel and writing. I'm not sure how to get there though. To be continued. . . ;)