what do u like to be when u were a little kid?

@kunking (1118)
China
December 17, 2008 9:27pm CST
hi,guys! most of us are adults now and never come back to a little kid again. childhood is very valueable time in the whole life because we all have a dream. we can dream of becoming one type of person or doing a great thing etc. in the future...For me, i had ever dreamed of becoming a soccer star. the dream came to my mind when i first watched the FIFA World Cup and adored Diego Maradona very much..At that time, i was about 8 years old and hold a pure dream just like many young children..i still remember the days when i pratised playing football with my brother by the Yangtze River as soon as school was over. that dream seems to be ridiculous in my opinion nowadays. so guys what do u like to be when u were a little kid? have u realised your dream? or why did u give up your dream?
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
Back when i was a kid i liked to be a scientist. I don't know but my family especially my grandfather seemed to be supportive about it. Telling me that he'll put up a laboratory for me lol! Of course being a scientist is easier said than done but i was just a kid, we sometimes have outrageous ambitions in life. I even thought of becoming a fireman though i was very thin when i was a kid. I gave up my dream because for me personally, as a grown up, i think being a scientist is pretty boring.
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@kunking (1118)
• China
19 Dec 08
hi, that sounds similar to my country China..we are taught to show respects to scientists..but more people are willing to be merchants or bussinessmen rather than scientist..
@zamakh (517)
• South Korea
18 Dec 08
hmm.. i think pretty much of us used to be a scientist, a lot of my friend too.. maybe something wrong with the education system (at least in my country maybe) ? because when we are children we encouraged to love science but the reality, science isn't that interesting.. i mean, why they encouraging us to something that will not get any attention from the society.. in my country, people easily get rich by being an entertainer. but scientist living a life like in ignored community..
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@veejay19 (3589)
• India
18 Dec 08
When i was a kid and in school we had a poem by Sir John Masefield called "Sea Fever".You can get it on the internet. It is a poem about a sailor`s longing to be out in the open sea and me and my close friend were terribly moved by it. Then and there both of us decided to become sailors. We used to go to the docks and gaze at the big ships or when travelling by bus we would take the route that passed along the docks so we could see the ships. However this remained only a dream and as the years went by it faded away. Recently i came upon the same poem on the net and after reading it the same magic was reborn but there was no urge to become a sailor as my line was totally different. However i chanced upon a book of seafarer stories by Sir Arthur Conan-doyle which contains pirate stories and sea adventure stories. After reading it the same old excitement and nostalgia gripped me.
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@kunking (1118)
• China
20 Dec 08
haha...ur dream seems so great..i used to wanna be a sailor when i heard a very moving song named 'sailor' which encourage many people to struggle with the pains in life just like the sailors suffers the storm in the sea. obviously, we can easily wanna be someone if we are deeply moved by him. have a nice day and happy mylotting!
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
18 Dec 08
When I was a kid, I always thought of becoming a teacher when I grow up. I thought teacher is really a great job, a person who is respectful, well, perhaps when I was young, I really admire the teachers. It is not really a dream, when I grow older, I realize it's not that fun to be teachers, in fact, it's quite boring. The work is like quite repeatative, every day teaching the same subject, perhaps every year still teaching the same subject.
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@cybersoft01 (1284)
• India
18 Dec 08
When I was a kid I always wanted to be an engineer. Not only me but all my family members wanted that. But due to some unavoidable circumstances, I could not become what I wanted to be.
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@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Hello kunking! My dream is to become a teacher. I really idolized my teachers since I age 7. When I reached 17, I change my mind and dream to become a nurse. I was about to enroll BS nursing at the university when I suddenly change my mind and enroll as Bachelor of Elementary Education. So now, I graduated already and got a certificate to teach.
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@juanmary (39)
• China
18 Dec 08
i wished to be a female officer when i was a child.i think it looks cool to wear uniform.but my dream was dashed when i failled in the college entrance examination.but now i am still admiring those people who are officers.
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@LouieWpHs04 (4554)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Actually what I wanted to do when I was a little kid, is the same as I still want to do. I kind of always knew it but I did have some other idea's in mind. Anywayys. I wanted to have some job in the Marketing field. I've always had the salesmen kind of personality so to speak, if that make's any sense. Not sure what inspired it, really. It's just how i've always been, I suppose! Bottomline. Running my own business is what's on my mind now, and all these internet money-making places opened my mind up to quite a many possibilities as to what kind of business I would like to run. Only wish I had the spare money to test some of the idea's out & see how well they go. Until thennn all I can do is start savinnng up!
@Amberina (1541)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I wanted to be a ballerina and to this day I watch them on tv and still wish I would have at least tried to be one. But other things got in the way and that's one dream I won't be fulfilling. It's ok I can still watch others on tv
@triwahyu (26)
19 Dec 08
i wanna be entrepreneur. but now i am a employer. I never give up with may dream, buat in life need a little prsees to get our dream.
• United States
19 Dec 08
my dream was to be an actress, nothing fancy. but i was in drama and practiced everyday! i used to study all these movies and faces. lol. my mother got paralyzed so i had to become her sole provider.
@Kumaresan (450)
• Malaysia
18 Dec 08
hello there... well, i pretty much go to school and hang out with my friends... we were all playing around the blocks and always got caught by principal... lol... it's very nice time... it's really nice and funny to think about what we did in the past... i hope we all can travel back the time and go through that moments all again... dreams dreams... :D
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@bellebads (740)
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
when i was a kid my dream is to become a dentist, it came because my mom and i regularly visit our dentist and have my teeth cleaned and do some stuff. everytime i had a tooth extraction i always have an ice cream treat. so i never got scared with dentists, and i love the equipments and gadgets and enjoy watching how those stuffs work.
@zamakh (517)
• South Korea
18 Dec 08
for me, i used to have a dream to become an astronouts, only because i'm very good at science in elementary school and was fascinated by the unlimited sky out of the world. and i give it up when i realize my country didn't developing spacecraft. LOL and after that, i had the same dream with you! soccer super star!! i didn't remember when i give it up tough..
@zamakh (517)
• South Korea
18 Dec 08
oh man, i'm sorry i post in the wrong place LOL..
@kunking (1118)
• China
18 Dec 08
hi,bellebads! dentist is really a good job..have u become a dentist?
@kristaaa (77)
• United States
19 Dec 08
In elementary, every year I would want to be a teacher of the grade I was in. 1st grade I wanted to be a 1st grade teacher, 2nd grade a 2nd grade teacher, and so on haha. Now, I really don't want to be a teacher, but if I had to I would be a highschool teacher. Again, the grade I was just in haha.
• United States
19 Dec 08
whats up guys,i could relate to what kunking is talking bout.My childhood dream was to become a professional baseball player like my dad.The furthest he ever made it was the minor leagues.i remember him talking of his good ole dayz playing ball,his friends were pretty insightful on his skills also.So when i became of age i started in peewee league playing for the lil braves, the team my father coached lol!Anyway i made it as far as senior league until a very serious injury oocurred and shattered my dreams of ever becoming a pro baseball player.So now at this present time im a enviromental specialist at a refinery hoping my son picks up where i left off.
@silverjam (969)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Childhood years are one of those fantastic stage of a person's life. Aside from being the formative years, it's also in this state where dreams are so vivid and seems realistic. Like everybody, I dream of becoming many things when I grow up. When one time we had a health check up in school (elementary) I want to become a nurse; I was so attracted w/ their all-white uniforms and they looked so neat w/ it. But when I was in my fifth grade am so fond of standing in front in the class and likes to talk a lot; I want to become a teacher. In my junior years in high school I decided to take Journalism in college when I noticed I had some passion for writing. I became a social worker and none of those dreams came true to me; I am not neither of those. I just don't know why but time changes, so as dreams.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
18 Dec 08
Hi Kunking, my childhood ambitions were merely dreams. I had wanted to be a ballerina, teacher, doctor or a nurse. I never regret that I didn't become any of these. I'm very happy with what I am today - I don't think I would be, if I had realised any of my childhood ambitions.
@zhangfzoe (432)
• China
18 Dec 08
When I was a child, I just wanted to grow up quicker. Now I am an adult. But it seems not very happy. And now I have to work hard to be the one I want to be. I feel a little lonely and tired. Keep on pushing myself, it's not easy.
• China
18 Dec 08
Well, when I was a little girl, I am too naive that I thought a college student is a kind of job. So when other children wanted to be a teacher or astronaut, I wanted to be a college student. Luckily, I make my dream come true:)
@daliaj (5674)
• India
18 Dec 08
I wanted to become a doctor when I was at school, later Police officer, then Engineer, now I am an instruction designer.
@rajeshank (253)
• India
18 Dec 08
hi when i use to be a kid. my like and my aim is to become big boxer that days i use to fight with my shadow in wall all use to laugh at me but i will think i m fighting with big person...and see many boxing match and think i want to be like them after i grow but now things gone different way....sad...)