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February 9th 2010, 08:15 AM
The title says it all. 
I honestly didn't really have any aspirations as a child.  I know all my friends would talk about how they wanted to be a rock star or musician, but I just figured I was a kid and never really thought about it.
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February 9th 2010, 10:43 AM
I always, always, always wanted to be a primary school teacher. Now I have zero desire to be one.
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February 9th 2010, 12:43 PM
Many people laugh at this, but i want to move over to Japan, i love everything Japanese, i am learning the language and want to take English A level and a teaching course so maybe i can teach English there 
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February 9th 2010, 01:20 PM
I wanted to be an actress/model/singer/artist/teacher/astronaut/chef/veterinarian/fire fighter. I was very ambitious as a kid, I guess, 'cause now I don't want to be any of these. xD
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February 9th 2010, 07:46 PM
I changed what I wanted to be a lot.
Kindergarten I wanted to be a Teacher
Grade 3 I wanted to be a Paramedic, then I was hampered with my knee injury.
Grade 6 I wanted to be a Firefighter.
Grade 9 I was stuck between wanting to be a Child and youth worker, and an educational assistant. I'm still to this day drawn between the too, I have started taking courses in both.
I think I'm leaning towards child and youth worker though.
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February 9th 2010, 07:51 PM
When I was younger, I never really knew what I wanted to do. I just knew I wanted to travel.
Which, still seems to be what I want to do, but I still am not sure what I actually want to do.
How much sense I just made is probably close to zero. 
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February 9th 2010, 09:29 PM
A farmer until I was like 10... then a doctor. And now a doctor. And I'm going to be a doctor, so yay?
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February 10th 2010, 01:46 AM
I'd ALWAYS wanted to be a lawyer and published author. (My mom even has a clip of me at age 5 saying this!) I am currently still pursuing that dream, although you may throw "freelance language translator" up on the list as well.
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February 10th 2010, 02:00 AM
Never been sure, thats basically why I havent achieved anything useful now  But now I just want to concentrate on becoming a manager or atleast a respected worker
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February 10th 2010, 12:58 PM
I always wanted to be doctor/nurse/ambulancer/humansaver/worldsaver/lawyer/firefighter/actress/batman/danceress (I never even danced)/journalist/social assistent/soldier/underofficer/social worker/person-who-works-with-teenagers-in-prison/teacher/singer.
Well, that was much. Now, I want to be lawyer or nurse or interpreter in Russian and English.
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February 10th 2010, 02:09 PM
I wanted to be a vet, I have no desire to be one at all now. Now I have no bloody clue what I want to do :/
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February 10th 2010, 02:31 PM
I had this really deranged idea that it was possible for me to be Barbie. That was pretty much my life dream. Hasn't changed much.
Around the age of 12 I also got really into tattooing. Even though that will probably never work out seeing as I kind of suck at drawing.
Life would be pretty awesome, though, as tattoo artist Barbie.
My plan B job would have to be teaching, and possibly getting certified to teach the hearing-impaired. I'm teaching myself sign language, so we'll see how that goes.
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February 10th 2010, 03:03 PM
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I had this really deranged idea that it was possible for me to be Barbie. That was pretty much my life dream. Hasn't changed much.
Around the age of 12 I also got really into tattooing. Even though that will probably never work out seeing as I kind of suck at drawing.
Life would be pretty awesome, though, as tattoo artist Barbie.
My plan B job would have to be teaching, and possibly getting certified to teach the hearing-impaired. I'm teaching myself sign language, so we'll see how that goes.
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February 10th 2010, 03:14 PM
I always wanted to be a builder, but I think that was more because I wanted a blue transit van with my name written in white down the side. I still want this though and I think I'll work to get one whether I'm a builder or not.
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February 10th 2010, 05:25 PM
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February 10th 2010, 11:34 PM
I am probably going to get laughed at - but, fuck it - Taxi Driver... yeah, have no fucking idea why I chose that on "what do you want to be?" day in kindergarden. Luckily, I'm a screenwriter/song writer now and by the way things are headed - should have my first film on the silver screen in a couple of years.
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February 11th 2010, 02:59 AM
Between the ages of 5-12 I desperatly wanted to be the postlady.
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February 11th 2010, 03:17 AM
for me most of my childhood i wanted to be in the army. lol. but at 16 i changed that cos i got political and had no desire to be in the army. after that i wanted to be a chef, then a rockstar, them lawyer, doctor, but now i am going to settle with becoming a magician. im working towards also getting a degree in business now. but i might just go as a magician after i get that degree. lol.
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I had desperate dreams of being an artist. I got my mum to buy me an easel and everything but I only ever painted on it once or twice. In Grade Two, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I literally read up on it and made a little portfolio and everything. Then I realized I couldn't draw and was pretty much drawing pictures of my mum's outfits in it. :P I am so cool.
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February 11th 2010, 06:28 AM
I want to be now the same thing I have for years and years. A husband and a father.
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February 11th 2010, 05:28 PM
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Closest thing to being a barbie would be a playboy bunny. Go for it..
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Haha, three reasons that plan would totally not work:
1. I'm probably nowhere near tall enough.
2. I refuse to get naked for anyone.
3. My dad would kill me.
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February 11th 2010, 07:34 PM
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Haha, three reasons that plan would totally not work:
1. I'm probably nowhere near tall enough.
2. I refuse to get naked for anyone.
3. My dad would kill me.
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Noooo... you must be kidding...
I just remember this: there has been a whole time I really wanted to become a builder. I mean, not an architect or something, but those half-naked guys who are building and who like to look the girls in the summer. Those guys. Right, I'm a girl. But I really dreamed of being one of them. 
Also, in primary school, I always played police-man and thief with my friends. I always had to be the policeman, but I nearly never catched them. In that period, I really dreamed of being a policeman. But one moment, I didn't like it anymore because I never catched one of them, so I changed my mind. I wanted to become... a thief.  (don't worry, guys, I never stole anything)
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February 11th 2010, 09:03 PM
For a long time I wanted to be a multi millionaire author, who by day worked as a zoo keeper, but I'd wear a wig so no one would know it was me.
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February 11th 2010, 09:30 PM
I wanted to be an actress or one of those people that peform at SeaWorld with the dolphins and whales lol!
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February 11th 2010, 10:49 PM
I remember wanting to be a singer, an actress, an author, stopping cruelty to animals...
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i wanted to be a teacher and i still haven't written off the idea. also, i used to want to be a pilot.
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February 12th 2010, 04:33 AM
I want to be an engineer or scientist when I was young. And now, I am pursuing the path of a chemical engineer, and I am starting my researching career as a research assistant couple weeks ago.
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I want to be an engineer or scientist when I was young. And now, I am pursuing the path of a chemical engineer, and I am starting my researching career as a research assistant couple weeks ago.
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That's sweet you're going into chemical engineering! My sister's husband is a chemical engineer. It can get you a lot of sweet jobs.
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February 12th 2010, 07:15 AM
I must say, I wanted to be a singer, or a nurse.
Im auditioning for NZ idol, and starting mu nurse training monday.
Guess it all worked out ok in the end 
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February 12th 2010, 05:23 PM
I wanted to be a vet.  No idea why.. I don't now, I'd be scared of getting bitten or something, animals except doggies scare me.
At one point I wanted to be a teacher, thought it'd be cool but I'm too shy to stand up infront of so many people.
Now I want to be a Paramedic or a Police officer
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I hope so too. I am a first year student and the work is already quite demanding. My TA is wicked brutal in grading my assignment  But I suppose engineers can't be sloppy with their work. Hoping after 4 years, I will land on a good grad school, then I can reach high with my career.
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February 14th 2010, 06:57 PM
I wanted to be a queen, an astronaut, the president, an Irish Dancer, a director, a painter, and a pilot. Then I found music composing and writing and decided to keep working on those. I have a feeling I can stick to them.
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February 14th 2010, 08:17 PM
I wanted to be a lot of things. My brother is 5 years older than me and was starting to consider his future seriously and I would usually pick something related to what he picked.
He wanted to be an air traffic controller - I wanted to be an air hostess
He wanted to be a Dentist - I wanted to be a dental nurse
He wanted to be a Doctor - I wanted to be a nurse.
Funny things is now he is in Uni studying Medicine and I have applied for Uni to be a Diagnostic Radiographer so in the end we will end up in related careers
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February 14th 2010, 08:21 PM
I just don't know. I had a different dream job about ever week when I was younger .
I'm keeping the possibilities open. I'm thinking about being a radio Djay, actor, musician, doctor, and teacher.
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February 16th 2010, 01:22 AM
Teacher.
I am not sure about now. I am flip flopping now. I have always wanted to be a teacher because I think that there is a chance to help kids and reach them and let them know that life does not have to be bad.
However, I like psychology.
But, the more I think about it the more I know that my reason for ignoring my dream of becoming a teacher was because I never wanted to get in front of a bunch of kids and be called names. (I am so weird ) However, now I think I really do want to be a teacher. I am just not 100% sure what year I want to teach. Either High school or 5th or 6th? I am not sure!!
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February 19th 2010, 11:39 AM
I've always fancied journalism I don't think I'd have the patience though.
Right now, I want to be a teacher/psycologist/astronaut.
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February 19th 2010, 12:30 PM
When I was small I wanted to be an artist.
Since I was eleven I've come to realise I want to be a primary school teacher, but to be honest acting and psychology are both suuuch appealing careers..
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February 20th 2010, 05:17 AM
When I was 4 I wanted to be a Doctor. When I was 6 I wanted to be an artist. When I was 8 I wanted to be a singer. When I was 10 or something I decided I wanted to be a vet. Now I want to be an artist again and I want to get into the medical field again. Lol
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