From the article: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? Read about the type of jobs available and add what you want to be when you grow up (even if you are grown up already) to the list contributed by About.com site visitors. Share a Job
Which Way to Go?
- I'm so confused. I'm really good at science and math, and I love history and geogerphy. This leaves only English and physical activity to be improved upon. I would like to learn to sing and play gutar. I have written a novel (unpublished) and I've been published 3 times in poetry contests. Then to make thing worse I'm one of the best students in engineering drafting and art, and both of my teachers suggested I continue it this field. I'm in like every club and i know I want to positively affect our world but in what? I test evenly in everything. Which side of my brain -- do I use both evenly? Which subject am I strongest in -- history by 2% above science and 3% above math. What is my learning style? I'm everything except musical. Do I need to try more?
- —Guest Torie
Flying
- When I was younger, I wanted to be a lawyer, later I gave up that because I really didn't want anything to do with reading 1000+ laws. So I changed to meteorologist and that lasted about a year since meteorologists never predict the weather right. Then came being a chef, because I love being able to spice up food, so I still would like to have a restaurant some day. I also want to be a pilot since I love flying, seeing sights up in the air, landing in different cities every day, seeing all those airports. But my mother doesn't approve of my being a pilot so I also like Aeronautical Engineer because I get to design airplanes and test them (workin' with Boeing or Airbus). But then my dad said to ignore what my mother says and to just be what I want to be. Soooo... I'm going to be a chef, open a restaurant, then work as a pilot for an airline, earn money, work with Boeing or Airbus, finally create my own airline with hubs in Europe, North, South America, Caribbean and Asia. Then retire...
- —Guest Guest
Writing? Editing? Acting? I don't know..
- I'm 16. I honestly don't know what I want to do. For a few years I've wanted to be a video editor since that was my hobby but now it seems more like something to do in my free time and not something I'd want to look into. I love to write and create stories (I'm currently writing a novel based on certain friends' stories) so I wouldn't mind being some type of writer or producer. I write a lot of lyrics. I'm also very theatrical and have done quite a bit of acting in school and people tell me I should become an actor though I know how much of a struggle that is. After I graduate, I plan to move to California. My aunt lives there and she's sick. I'm not sure what I want to do, I want to sort of find myself but not get too screwed up along the way. Of course I'd try the acting/writing thing out, but I feel like I still have no sense of where I'd go.
- —Guest Danny
I'm Tired of Thinking About This
- I'm fifteen. Half the adults in my life tell me that I have plenty of time, the other half won't stop talking about grades, and marks, and university and inevitably, my future job. All my grades/marks are relatively good and about the same, so there's nothing that especially stands out (so, there's nothing that I'm particularly good at/enjoy to help me decide). I love reading, and would like to write compositions of my own some day. Yet, I also love maths. I love the numbers, the equations, how everything is exact and to the point (where as with English it's more of a personal interpretation). I've thought about being a psychologist because I have quite an interest in that, but then I realized that I have an inability to talk to people. I also thought about doing something with anthropology, but I also want a job that's a bit more stable and less to do with academia. Every time I try to calm down and relax, someone brings it up and all my anxieties about my future return.
- —Guest conflicted
Don't Want to be a Doctor or Fireman
- All my friends talk about being a nurse or something average. I have no interest in the medical field. I want to be something huge to just blow everyone's mind. I kinda want to be a singer or actor, but I'm not sure if I have the necessary skills to do so. But i'm not going to give up and be something lame or average.
- —Guest Sam
Apart from Academics
- I always wanted to become a singer and I'm taking lessons for that. My friends say that my voice is good, but in academics I 'm just confused about which way to go, whether to go into commerce or science.
- —Guest janhavi
Photographer
- I'm 14 and i want to be a photographer. I want to do something artistic but technical because I love logic and art!
- —Guest Guest Alexandra
Police Officer
- I'm 15 and without a doubt can say that I want to become a police officer (much to my parents' dismay, as they think I'm too smart for it) to help people and protect others. I could never sit behind a desk all day which makes this career even more exciting. I'm thinking about whether to join the LAPD or CPD. Enjoy life people.
- —Guest Kvothe
Graphic and Video Game Design
- I'm 14 years old and an artist. Art and video games are my life, and I hope to be a designer when I grow up!
- —Guest Jay
Actress And Model
- When I was 5 years old, I wanted to be a actress when I grow up. I thought actress is a very very interesting job. Now, to be an actress become very diffcult to me. I can't dance well or sing well. But I never give up my dream. I am tall. I am only 11 years old but I am 160.5 cm tall. So I decided to be a model. What about my actress dream? In many countries, famous model can be actress too. That's great!!
- —Guest Christine
Its so confusing what you want to be
- Well I felt like I want to do something very huge to impress my family that they would always like me to do.Well I feel like I want to first engineer or an Actress and if I can't be any of those than I want to get a awesome job and fulfil my parents dream. That's want I want to do.
- —Guest Tanya
Hairdresser or Interior designer?
- I'm 13 and I've always loved to play with hair. I like to make people happy and help make people express themselves through hair. I have also lately wanted to be a interior designer. When I was little I was hoping Miley Cyrus would live in one of my made-up houses.
- —Guest Brookelle
A Vet and an Actress
- I wanted to become and actress for the longest time. I am good a acting but I want to help animals, too. I don't want to give up. I can't be both because I would be worn out, so what can I do besides follow what I want? Everybody says "follow your heart".
- —Guest Tiffany Carrier
Vet or singer
- Ever since I was younger I always wanted to be a vet i am also taking singing lessons as I would also love to be a singer and I know it would be pretty hard to be both and all my friends say that I'm good at singing (personally I'm not so sure) and so I don't know what to choose as by being a vet I could come home and feel like I've made a difference and then being a singer I don't think would benefit anyone though I am in choir and my lessons as I feel that I would be not for filling my dreams by having to choose please give sujestions thanks, hanzie
- —Guest Hanzie
Soldier
- I'm only 15 but when i grow up i want to be a soldier. Everyone in my family for as far back as i know has been a soldier. I hate it how people think being a soldier isnt a job, because it is. Its a way of life too. Im going to protect America as best as i can. I refuse to sit on my rear and have other people die to protect me. I say its my turn. Thank you veterans!!!!
- —Guest unknown
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