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What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?

just wondering , when you were in school what career were you thinking of doing when you left the school and did you end up doing the job you wanted to do after you left school?

when i was in school , it vaired , i remember in Year 7 , i wanted to be a shopkeeper for a while , then in Year 8 , i wanted to be a wrestler because i was a big wrestling fan at the time , and then when i was in Year 10 and Year 11 , i decided i want to job relating to ICT so at the moment , i am on a college course in ICT

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Reply 1
Doctor
Actor
RAF pilot
Bit of variation throughout the years
For me, since nursery i remember that:

Nursery -A superhero
Reception - A kid, forever
Year 1- A Farmer
Year 2 - A builder, like bob the builder!
Year 3 - A Story teller
Year 4 - A shop keeper
Year 5 - A mad scientist
Year 6 - An astronaut
Year 7 - A Teacher
Year 8 - A Lawyer
Year 9 - A Gangster
Year 10 - A Doctor
Year 11 (currently at now) - Physicist

Life changes at every step lol!!
Reply 3
i rememebr wanted to be an actor at one stage in school.
Reply 4
any more?
I've wanted to be a vet, a microbiologist (during the swine flu period I decided I wanted to specialise in virology:tongue:), an author, a politician, a translator, an RSPCA warden, a pharmacist, a seismologist, and one night a few weeks ago I just looked into the sky and declared I wanted to be some sort of space scientist.
It's really annoying because I've never had some sort of passion that runs deep, but I'm in Year 11 now and I guess I've still got a while before I decide the path I take..
Reply 6
I somehow got between princess and stunt double in a short time.
Thereon after it was 'something creative'.
Original post by DeathByBSOD
For me, since nursery i remember that:


Year 3 - A Story teller



That's great haha.

Primary school was all about wanting to be a footballer. Since secondary school I've only wanted to be a musician, and I'm going to do commercial music in September (: !
An artist. Then a photographer. Then a graphic designer. When I was in Y11 I wanted to be a helicopter pilot, but only because I read in a 'futures' careers booklet that they earnt £40,000 a year, and I thought this was the highest salary EVER :tongue:

Now I'm an English teacher. But I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
Reply 9
I couldn't decide between Army Officer or being one of the chefs on Ready, Steady, Cook.
Reception - Year 2 = Singer
Year 3 - Year 4 = Actress/Writer
Year 5 - 6 = Model
Year 7 - 11 = Doctor (Forensic Pathologist or Radiologist)
Year 12 = Nothing. I had a breakdown.
Year 13 = Lawyer/Writer
Year 14 (my third year of college) = No damn idea.

Oh life has been so eventful!
I was interested in surprisingly sophisticated stuff at a young age; I've regressed.

It started off with engineering. I didn't really know what this entailed. I had a vague idea that it might involve cars, but I didn't much like cars.

Then I wanted to be a geneticist. Most of nursery was spent drawing pictures of my magnificent cloning machine, that would use DNA from a wooly mammoth, force it through some pipes, some lights would flash and a fully grown mammoth would appear out of it, a bit like a microwave.

Then I was determined to own a sweet shop, for obvious reasons.

Then I was determined to own a toy shop, for obvious reasons.

Then I wanted to be a teacher, despite hating my teachers immensely - this around year 5.

This turned into a determination to be a Doctor until year 10, when I realised that I was **** at science. I did entertain the possibility of joining the armed services, but then realised that I rather enjoyed being alive.

Then I jumped about between law, social work, journalism and teaching.

Now I'm settling with teaching.
1st-3rd year - military
4th year - doctor/civil engineer
5th year - Stone Mason/any contruction related job
6th form - journalism
now - no ****ing idea...thinking of going back to redo new a-levels...
(edited 11 years ago)
Career? Pfff, I wanted to be Christopher Columbus. Google Earth crushed those dreams.
Reply 14
I wanted to win the lottery and become a professional multi-millionaire.

I'm still holding out hope for it...
Golf Course owner
Famous Saxophonist
Footballer
Cricketer
Author
Pilot
Police Office
Reply 16
Original post by SirMasterKey
Golf Course owner
Famous Saxophonist
Footballer
Cricketer
Author
Pilot
Police Officer


why not a golfer instead of a golf course owner?
Reply 17
Reception - Fireman,Astronaut
Primary - Videogame Designer
High School - Accountant/Professional Touring Drummer
6th Form - Actuary/Domain Flipper/Professional Touring Drummer
Lipa - Professional Touring Drummer/Drum Teacher/Session Drummer
Present - Back to Accountant, this time for good!
I think I've wanted to be a teacher for most of my school career although there was a short stint where I wanted to be a heart surgeon.
Reply 19
In primary school I wanted to be an English teacher. When I was in Year 8 I alternated between lawyer and author, but now I'm back wanting to be a teacher, although now I want to teach Maths :smile:

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