What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?
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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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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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!! -
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?I've wanted to be a vet, a microbiologist (during the swine flu period I decided I wanted to specialise in virology
), 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.. -
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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 (: ! -
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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
Now I'm an English teacher. But I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. -
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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.
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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.
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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...Last edited by bestofyou; 04-04-2012 at 22:58. -
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?why not a golfer instead of a golf course owner?(Original post by SirMasterKey)
Golf Course owner
Famous Saxophonist
Footballer
Cricketer
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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
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Re: What career were you thinking of doing when you were in school?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
), 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.
