When you were a child

[Vulcan Princess]

I may never work as an attorney, though.

When I first started law school, I never understood people who were in law school but didn't want to be lawyers. I wondered why someone would put himself or herself through all that without wanting to be a lawyer. Now, however, I don't want to be a lawyer, either, but I'm definitely committed to finishing law school. I'll probably practice for a few years to pay off my student loans, but I really want to be a professor instead.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

what did you want to be when you grew up?

I remember that when I was about 12 I wanted to be an archaeologist.

I went through an archaeologist stage from about 9-12. I still sometimes regret not having taken that route.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

To be queen, and in the traditional sense of being the head of government.

I fancied making all the big decisions, and nurturing the growth of my country towards my vision of how the future should be.

From what I've seen of you here, you wouldn't have been half bad

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I wanted to be an astronaut, but I'm too short. Then I decided I wanted to be a doctor or a physicist.

The funny thing now is that I hate math. I'm in law school.

I think I'm the same way. I never was bad at math, but I just don't like it. I think that pushed me away from science (I had a terrible chem class that involved too much math) and towards history. Now I'm going to law school next year, which will hopefully turn out to have been a good decision.

 

[Bisz]

Architect/engineer. I'm now an engineer... yay for fulfilling childhood dreams.

 

[JiNX-01]

I wanted to be an astronaut. Trouble is, while I'm interested in science, I don't really have the head for being a scientist or an engineer or a pilot.

 

[Mary Ann]

I wanted to be a vet until I reached high school, when I realised that I was no good at science. I considered being a teacher but I didn't have enough experience with kids to qualify for a teaching program when I was in uni the first time around (I gained a Bachelor in sociology and cultural anthropology). I could go to teacher's college now but don't want to, so I'm working in a children's centre and studying part-time towards a Bachelor in Child and Youth Studies. My current goal is to become a family outreach worker and eventually gain a Masters degree.

 

[Kirby]

I wanted to be a veterinarian, then I realized that I was allergic to a lot of animals. Cats are the worst, to the point where my throat would start to close up, so I abandoned that dream by the age of 9.

 

[Omnius]

To be queen, and in the traditional sense of being the head of government.

I fancied making all the big decisions, and nurturing the growth of my country towards my vision of how the future should be.

I bet you played lots of Sim City and Civilization

 

[Lookingglassman]

A Soldier, specifically a tanker on M1 tanks. I got to realize my dream for 12 years so I can die happy.

 

[trampledamage]

When I was a kid I wanted to be an Air Force pilot. But I got glasses when I was 14. So instead I went to college and got a degree in computer engineering. However after working a couple of years in that field I decided to join the Air Force. Not as a pilot, but as an IT specialist.

Me too. For the first part anyway, and now that I think about it I'm not sure why I didn't join the Air Force after school and go to college on one of their scholarships.

It's for the best anyway given how things have turned out

There are two other things I've always wanted to do - work for the FBI (not going to happen since I do not, and never have, lived in the US) and be a published author. That last one's still a maybe

 

[RandyS]

When I grow up I'll get back to you.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

I wanted to be an architect.. I loved designing floorplans and exteriors, still enjoy it and not half bad. But my math sucks at high levers. So I spent 30 years as a photojournalist and am now going into public school teaching.

 

[Sky]

When I was 4-10, I wanted to be an architect. I drew houses and plans for houses all the time.

Editing to mention that I am now studying photojournalism, so Bloodwhiner and I have 2 things in common. :-)

 

[scotpens]

When I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a highway engineer. I was fascinated by L.A.'s freeways and the flow of traffic over interchanges. In my early teens, I dreamed of attending Art Center College of Design and becoming a car designer. By the time I graduated from high school, reality came knocking -- I didn't have the talent for that.

I don't know if boys have different ambitions now, but when I was growing up, at some point just about every boy wanted to do something involving cars -- design them, build them, fix them, customize them, race them, or steal them.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

I wanted to be a Ninja for the greater part of my young life. At about 9, I decided a Starfleet captain would be good, too.

As a teen, I wanted to be an English teacher.

I didn't wind up doing any of those, though.

 

[trampledamage]

Just thought of something else I've wanted to be since I was about 7. Canadian!

Am working on making that official

 

[Holdfast]

Evil Billionaire.

Well, at least the billionaire part. The evil was an optional extra bonus.

I've always loved the concept of money. Not so much the money itself, but the shield, influence and control it offers. It's an amazing thing, when you think about what it does for you. And the elegance of markets is really rather beautiful.

As I got older, I realised that my love of financial systems was actually about a sense of control and, thus, freedom. That same sense of seeking understanding (and therefore control & freedom) underpins why I love thinking about how the mind works and how humanity interacts together. And so explains why I chose my actual profession.

But I still appreciate freedom even more. And my current profession doesn't allow me enough of that, so I keep my "first love" sweet in the hopes she'll offer me enough security to maintain my freedom on retirement.

I don't think I'll ever be able to afford to buy my moon laser though...

 

[RandyS]

Okay, serious answer time. I wanted to be a writer.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Just thought of something else I've wanted to be since I was about 7. Canadian!

Am working on making that official

Please tell more. I'm Canadian, for what it's worth.