"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140131)
Philippines
March 11, 2017 5:59am CST
How can I forget this question? It has been an overrated question of every parent in this world. When I was still in toddler's year, I always answer it with full of confidence. "I want to be a doctor." As I grow up, my dreamed had changed.
But still, I am connected to a medical field.
I am a licensed Physical Therapist and worked before in the hospital. In the Philippines, my profession is not considered to be a doctor. However, it is still called a doctor if passing the board exam in another country. At some point, "I had fulfilled my dream."
"Can you still remember this simple question?"
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Mar 17
It has always been my wish to be a nurse.
Another question often asked by our elementary teachers were:"What I did last summer vacation. " 
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@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
12 Mar 17
@ridingbet I can say that old school is better to learn of something.It gives all the challenges but we were able to survive it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Mar 17
@Shavkat indeed, and do you still remember the big theme notebook where you can copy the theme or topic in a one-space paragraph, or just copy the words that were misspelled? hahaha! that is a good memory recall.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Mar 17
@Shavkat i agree with you. the old school taught us better spelling (remember the 3 R's?-- Reading '[w]Riting, and '[a]Rithmetic?)besides, our grammar is more of the teacher's focus that was why we had the theme notebook.
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
14 Mar 17
Been a long time for me. I know I have always wanted to own a Crafters Flea Market type place forever, and at one time wanted to work with children in early child hood education. The latter one would still be nice, but it would take a lot more money than I have coming in right now, to even consider it.
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
12 Mar 17
I didn't have a big ambition when I was little. I wanted to work in the zoo because I liked to take care of the animals. Or I wanted to be a seller to sell the toys in the department stores. So I could play different kinds of toys all the time
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
11 Mar 17
"I want to be an emperor." That was mine. I'm still trying to build my empire. I'll get there eventually!
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@TheRamblingMan (309)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 17
This post reminds me of what John Lennon (of the Beatles) said during class when a teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up.
John answered "Happy"
The teacher said to John "You don't understand the question".
John replied to the teacher "and you don't understand life".
