What has become of you?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
January 18, 2009 12:04pm CST
When I was a kid I wanted to be a Veterinarian or a Secretary.
I actually went to school to be a legal secretary but never finished because I got married and moved to America.
Now I do Housekeeping.
What did you want to be when you grew up? And what did you end up doing?
Did you follow your childhood dream?
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9 responses
@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
18 Jan 09
I was gonna be a model and even did some modeling when I was younger.. then got tired of cameras and bossy people telling me what to wear and how to look and where to stand.. and I quit.. I'm a mom now.. and they do the same thing! lol!
@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
18 Jan 09
awwww missy you are a sweetie!
one good thing bout being a mom is that they don't even care if you brush your hair.. as long as you cook! lol!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
18 Jan 09
That's something Sconibear would say.
"Don't worry about your Hair Woman, cook me some Grub"![](/Content/images/emotes/ninja.gif)
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
20 Jan 09
I also wanted to be a veterinarian when I was growing up. I even worked at a veterinarian office for a short while. But shortly after I found out that I was pregnant with my first child it was recommended by my boss that I quit, so I did. I've been a stay at home mom ever since. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@JanetBRudman (158)
• United States
19 Jan 09
When I was in school, I liked typing up my homework. I decided to be a secretary, an English teacher or librarian. My parents didn't have money to send me to college, however. So after graduating h.s., I got hooked up in the City of Phila. as a civil servant - in the clerical field - for 39 years. After retiring 3-1/2 yrs. ago, I am doing volunteer work that includes typing. I dislike housekeeping.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
20 Jan 09
It's not my favorite either but it pays the bills and I like the place I work at.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Jan 09
Hey missy! That's very interesting! I wanted to be a nurse!
I ended up being a Legal Secretary! I also ended up working
as a Medical Assistant/Secretary! I didn't exactly ever end
up following my dream. At least I did get to work somewhat
in the medical field and I did enjoy it, but it wasn't long
enough. I spent more time working in the legal field and that
turned out to be very stressful and aggravating!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Jan 09
My mom was a secretary for 40 years, maybe that's what made me wanna be 1.
I still like to write and Do paper work.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
18 Jan 09
I think waitress is a great job.
I like jobs were you get tips.
@KatieDidit (989)
• United States
18 Jan 09
When I was a kid I knew that I wanted to work in law or medicine and even though at the time I couldn't do either it really used to bug me trying to figure out which way I wanted to go.
So..I went to college did two years of prep study for nursing school. Got into the nursing program spent a year at it and hated it. So I dropped out and became a paramedic. I loved that. I spend 4 years in the Air Force working an emergency room.
When I got out of the Air Force there happened to be a job opening for Communications Specialist with the Department of Public Safety. I worked 4 years as a 9-1-1 Operator and Police & Fire Dispatcher, then switched departments and did just police dispatching. I loved that too.
I'm lucky that I got to work in both the fields I wanted to. I was unlucky that an injury cut my careers short. Now I'm working on developing my third career which is nothing I imagined.![](/Content/images/emotes/cool.gif)
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