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Post by iridethecannibus on Dec 29, 2007 11:51:24 GMT -5
I know we've had threads in the past where everyone shares their jobs, but i think you can learn a lot more about people by knowing what they want to do, not what they have to do.
So, inforoosters, what do you wanna be when you "grow up"? Or, what did you wanna be? And do you think it will happen?
i'll go first. i don't know for sure. at this point, i'm pretty certain i want to be a teacher when i grow up. probably elementary school. possibly kids with behavioral disabilities or "gifted" kids (though many fall into both groups). So will it actually happen? Let's hope so. I had a full paid scholarship to NYU right after i graduated HS and went for a semester, getting a 3.5 gpa. However, a because of a bunch of red tape financial aid bullshit, i owe them 30,000 and they won't release my transcripts till they have it (which will be precisely ten minutes after hell freezes over.) that has made resuming school in GA very difficult. Finally, i just said, "screw it" and applied as a new freshman, content with throwing away all my hard work. it's only a semester, 16 credits. Anyway, so i start school on Jan 8th. i'm taking five classes, 15 credits, and i'll still be working my full time job. all my classes are on the same 2 days. i fullly expect to be exhausted, but i think i can do it. and if all goes well, i'll have a "real job" in just about 4 years.
only 4 years behind all the people smart enough to get college out of the way right after high school. but hey, live and learn.
Post by chicojuarz on Dec 29, 2007 12:09:10 GMT -5
^^Hey, congrats on getting back at it. Karma for starting school again in just over a week! Ready?
What do I want to be when I grow up? I want to be a playwright and theatre director. I majored in theatre and loved it. Then got lost after graduation and decided that I was going to work in business. WTF? So now its back to the theatre grind. I think I'll do it. Maybe I wont be able to make a living doing it for a while but I live in a city covered with theatres and one near me that does primarily new work by young writers. So, I'm getting involved there early next year. And taking a slam poetry workshop from Marc Smith in a couple of weeks. The new year is looking good so far.
Post by strumntheguitar on Dec 29, 2007 13:19:22 GMT -5
As a young teenager, I always wanted to be a pilot. My dad's a pilot, which is weird because I've always despised just about everything about the man... But when you think about it, being a pilot is pretty sweet. You get big paychecks, and you travel the world. But then recently I've noticed that being a pilot is one of the reasons I don't like my dad... He's never home. and when he is home, he's always exhausted from flying across the country overnight so he's in a bad mood. So, I've ruled that job out for now.
And now, well.... I have no idea. I'm just going to college, and I'm content there. Maybe I'll stay there an extra year and think about it some more. ;D
when i get out of the navy i'm thinkin i might use my GI bill to get a communications degree. i work in comms here anyway, so i'd have a bit of experience to begin with. but there's also a part of me that wants to major in anthropology and go all the way up to a doctorate so i could be a professor. but whatever i end up doing, i still want to play music and write. i don't have the aspirations to be some huge rock star, but i enjoy being part of something creative and i want to stick with it all my life. and i really want to write a book or a screenplay.
I just want to finish school and then be a mom. I've been in college for 4 years. I would have graduated this spring, but sometimes things dont work out that way. I have about 2.5 more years to go, and that's if I never drop a class, never get lower than a c, etc. I have no interest in having a career. I will get a job when I graduate to help support my bf and family because we want to move across the country when I'm done. But right now I'm pretty much going to make my family happy. If it was up to me I would just drop out and be done with it, but I don't want to disapoint them. People tell me to "do what makes me happy", but making my family proud makes me happy, so I will just trek on...
When I was in art school my plan was to get my BFA and then my MFA and then a Doctorate and teach art at the college level. I would have been perfectly happy to spend the rest of my life in some art building somewhere. I love the smells and the feel of a building that's sole purpose is creativity.
My major was Graphic Art but my real interest was in textiles and I would've probably switched to that or just added it on to my degree.... it's very possible that I could have gone into Sculpture as well... a foundry is an awesome place to be... and I like to be able to walk around something I made. I'd LOOOOOVE to build a sculpture that was as big as a house. ;D
I'd like to be an MMA instructor for kids. I got pretty heavy into the MC Martial Arts Program when I was in the Corps, and I compete in Muay Thai fights in a few gyms down in South Philly. But I'm a big fan of the confidence, discipline and fitness it instills, I wish I'd had something like it when I was a kid.
when I was a kid i always wanted to be a teacher. looking back, i have no idea what i was thinking. i dont think i could ever be a teacher. children frustrate me way to much. and i'm just like a kid myself. they'd never learn anything cause i'd just want to play games, eat candy, and draw pictures all day long. hahahah
i'm going to school now for accounting. and whenever i tell people thats what my major is, i have to laugh. cause its the last thing in the world i could see myself doing. but, i love it. and i have no idea why.
but if there was one other thing i'd like to be when i grow up, itd be a pilot. the idea of flying a plane is insane. i'd like to eventually become a pilot. if the whole accounting thing doesn't work out for me! haha
Post by steveternal on Dec 29, 2007 23:48:03 GMT -5
cupcake said:
I just want to finish school and then be a mom. I've been in college for 4 years. I would have graduated this spring, but sometimes things dont work out that way. I have about 2.5 more years to go, and that's if I never drop a class, never get lower than a c, etc. I have no interest in having a career. I will get a job when I graduate to help support my bf and family because we want to move across the country when I'm done. But right now I'm pretty much going to make my family happy. If it was up to me I would just drop out and be done with it, but I don't want to disapoint them. People tell me to "do what makes me happy", but making my family proud makes me happy, so I will just trek on...
That is a beautiful sentiment, and all too often looked down upon these days. Karma.
I am already all growd up. But I am growing in my career. I work with teens that have addictions issues. Many start hardcore at age 10 or so. A big majority of them have been in prostitution. Most all of the kids I see have been sexually abused. I currently have a BSW and just went back to get my Masters to work as a therapist for kids who have been sexually abused. I love my job now but I need to work with the problem from a different approach then just with the aftermath of addiction. This is also why I enjoy bonnaroo so much. Afther being in the ER with a kid who OD or got the crap beat out of him by our local serve and protect thugs and all the stories I here it is time to turn of the phone and be nothing but a festie for a few days.
Post by iridethecannibus on Dec 30, 2007 9:43:37 GMT -5
^^karma for taking pride in what must be a seriously tough job. after being sexually abused, being in dfacs custody in a group home, and a high school dropout myself (before going back to an "alternative school" and finishing), I once considered being a social worker. in fact, i even took a few classes for it in new york. and while i admire their ability to go back to that job day after day, i just couldn't do it. the system is f*cked. and while i don't think we should abandon it, by any means, i know that i would be unable to deal with all the red tape and end up getting fired for harboring some abused kid or something. maybe i'll end up being a foster parent, where you can actually have the time to spend with the person you're trying to help. ANyway, this is a tangent, sorry. Good job clato, the universe will look out for you.
I want to end up on Satellite Radio doing something similar to what I'm doing with my podcasts. Uncensored, balls to the wall, in the trenches, music reporting.
At Lollapalooza, we found out that we have a few "fans" in the form of several Sirius DJs. They came up to me at a Lolla afterparty at the Hard Rock and asked: "Hey man... We saw you at Grant Park doing some interviews with some pretty high profile artists. Who are you with?" I told them who I was, and the one DJ said, "Oh sh!t! I know exactly who you are! Great show, man!" Then I said, "You guys have the job that I want!" Then one guys said, "Just don't take our jobs!"
I thought that was kinda cool that they knew who we were, which gave me a bit of a confidence boost. It was a funny moment, but I'd def like to be doing the music thing on a higher level within 2008. That's my goal.
Post by sparklybecca on Dec 30, 2007 15:01:30 GMT -5
I want to own a childrens clothing boutique. with really cute and unique things for babies/toddlers/little kids, and a few things for their mommys. and i want to be happy.
I want to be a nurse and work in women's health, pediatrics, and all sorts of different areas. I have 3 semesters to go to get my associate and be an RN, but I'd really love to continue on and become a women's health nurse practitioner. I have so much respect for the NPs at Planned Parenthood. I could see myself doing that someday. I might also become a nurse midwife and deliver babies in people's homes. You can't get much more of a historical profession than that. (Other than a prostitute, I suppose) But I also really like working with kids.
Right now I'm a tech on a geriatric psych floor and I really like that too.
Post by blackbirdflyfree on Jan 2, 2008 2:32:48 GMT -5
I want to be a writer, and help bring the art of good writing back. I'm already a writer, technically, but I am submitting work to different journals and hopefully it'll go somewhere. right now I work in retail and that's my main source of income, but I want to eventually have that switched around so that writing is my profession and if I do anything else, it's on my own time. however, I don't want to be a writer who sells out and writes crap just to get a paycheck. I'll do it my own way and see how that turns out, and no matter what I'll be happy with that
I would also like to continue being an anti-war activist and actually doing something about it. yay peace! I want to move in a few years, somewhere west for a while. I'd like to travel a lot more, road trip a bit, enjoy life more!... this is beginning to sound a lot like my resolutions...
"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion."
central park in the summertime... the closest thing to nature
i want to be a professional world traveller and/or professional pizza eater. if it's not a profession already, i want to be the founder of professional travel/pizza eating. i'd also like to be a stay-at-home wife.
but seriously, i'd like to be an artist, a genealogist, a film historian (robert osborne is my hero ;D), a dog rescuer, and a stay-at-home wife, so i can do all of the above.
I want to be a writer, and help bring the art of good writing back. I'm already a writer, technically, but I am submitting work to different journals and hopefully it'll go somewhere. right now I work in retail and that's my main source of income, but I want to eventually have that switched around so that writing is my profession and if I do anything else, it's on my own time. however, I don't want to be a writer who sells out and writes crap just to get a paycheck. I'll do it my own way and see how that turns out, and no matter what I'll be happy with that
I dig your attitude. You've gotta stick by your own beliefs. Selling out is too easy. I actually started my audio podcast because I wanted a venue to do my own brand of music/entertainment journalism without reporting to anyone. I control all of the content and production, conduct the artist interviews, and we never work by a script. I'm proud to say that it's caught on pretty well, and as I said in my previous post, I'd like to take a similar format to satellite radio so I can keep it as a no-holds barred, uncensored program.
Keep on submitting to as many publications as you can. Someone out there will believe in what you're doing, and you'll get your big break. When it comes, go at it with your all!
i want to be a professional world traveller and/or professional pizza eater. if it's not a profession already, i want to be the founder of professional travel/pizza eating. i'd also like to be a stay-at-home wife.
but seriously, i'd like to be an artist, a genealogist, a film historian (robert osborne is my hero ;D), a dog rescuer, and a stay-at-home wife, so i can do all of the above.
I did catch a show about a guy who takes trips to different Mac Donald's locations and eats a meal at each one...I don't know if he made money off of it, but it was at least a good excuse to travel - and you'd be surprised at all the different themed Mac Donald's there are!
...you could always travel to different pizza places around the world!
I did catch a show about a guy who takes trips to different Mac Donald's locations and eats a meal at each one...I don't know if he made money off of it, but it was at least a good excuse to travel - and you'd be surprised at all the different themed Mac Donald's there are!
...you could always travel to different pizza places around the world!
now THAT'S what i'm talking about. i think i saw part of that show too!
when i was in maui, i noticed mcd's had spam on the menu. those crazy hawaiians. ;D
I did catch a show about a guy who takes trips to different Mac Donald's locations and eats a meal at each one...I don't know if he made money off of it, but it was at least a good excuse to travel - and you'd be surprised at all the different themed Mac Donald's there are!
...you could always travel to different pizza places around the world!
now THAT'S what i'm talking about. i think i saw part of that show too!
when i was in maui, i noticed mcd's had spam on the menu. those crazy hawaiians. ;D
In Maine they have McD's Cafe's with lobster rolls on the menu.
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