As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up and why?

[missmuffet]

Many of us had our hopes set on what we wanted to be when we grew up but it didn't work out that way. Is there anyone here who actually went on the have the career you wanted as a child?

[ayin jade]

Lol I wanted to be a tiger tamer. This was before sigfried and roy.

I was not even close in my career.

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

Many of us had our hopes set on what we wanted to be when we grew up but it didn't work out that way. Is there anyone here who actually went on the have the career you wanted as a child?

Yes. Considering how I was born in a military hospital and reared on military installations, I aspired to be a solider like my father. The circumstances surrounding how that came to pass are extraordinary. 

First, I was born in a military hospital attached to the same military school that I would attend and graduate from 20 years later. My father was serving his first assignment as an instructor at that school.
Secondly, my father helped develop and field test tactics, operations, and hardware that were the precursor of my military occupational specialty and hardware I used in the U.S. Army. 
Third, the date of my enlistment in the Army was my father's birthday (that was also the date of my honorable discharge four years later).
Fourth, my Basic Training barracks was one block down the road from the barracks where my father was assigned during his Basic Training in 1958.

I came to the Lord a few years after my discharge from the Army.   

[Deborah_]

I wanted to be a doctor ever since I can remember. I don't know why - there were no medical people in my family at all.

Fortunately I was clever enough to get good exam grades, so I got into medical school easily. And I was a doctor for the whole of my working life.

[Ray12614]

I wanted to be an fighter pilot in the air force . . . unfortunately . . . my eye sight was/is near sighted . . . so that pretty much ended that dream . . . 

Currently . . . I am retired . . . but I would like to be an brain surgeon . . . but . . . that dream is on hold even though I bought an new skill saw from the hardware store, and new drill bits for my cordless drill.

What's the problem you ask ? ? ?  I can't find somebody to practice on and nobody will volunteer to be my test brain patient . . .  Hummm . . . . maybe if I showed them pictures of my new drill bits and skill saw ? ! ? ! ??

[missmuffet]

9 hours ago, ayin jade said:

Lol I wanted to be a tiger tamer. This was before sigfried and roy.

I was not even close in my career.

Lol that is interesting. A career that may not be as safe.

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, Ray12614 said:

I wanted to be an fighter pilot in the air force . . . unfortunately . . . my eye sight was/is near sighted . . . so that pretty much ended that dream . . . 

Currently . . . I am retired . . . but I would like to be an brain surgeon . . . but . . . that dream is on hold even though I bought an new skill saw from the hardware store, and new drill bits for my cordless drill.

What's the problem you ask ? ? ?  I can't find somebody to practice on and nobody will volunteer to be my test brain patient . . .  Hummm . . . . maybe if I showed them pictures of my new drill bits and skill saw ? ! ? ! ??

I will pass on that thank you very much.

[missmuffet]

9 hours ago, Marathoner said:

Yes. Considering how I was born in a military hospital and reared on military installations, I aspired to be a solider like my father. The circumstances surrounding how that came to pass are extraordinary. 

First, I was born in a military hospital attached to the same military school that I would attend and graduate from 20 years later. My father was serving his first assignment as an instructor at that school.
Secondly, my father helped develop and field test tactics, operations, and hardware that were the precursor of my military occupational specialty and hardware I used in the U.S. Army. 
Third, the date of my enlistment in the Army was my father's birthday (that was also the date of my honorable discharge four years later).
Fourth, my Basic Training barracks was one block down the road from the barracks where my father was assigned during his Basic Training in 1958.

I came to the Lord a few years after my discharge from the Army.   

Interesting.

[missmuffet]

I wanted to be an airline stewardess when I was 5 years old. That is what we now call a flight attendant. My mother and I took an airplane ride when I was 5 years old and I was in awe of the airline stewardess. I would line up some chairs and put my dolls and stuffed animals in the chairs and pretend I was serving them on an airplane. Then for my birthday my parents gave me an airline stewardess costume. I was all set But I changed my mind somewhere along the course of my life.

[Sower]

11 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Is there anyone here who actually went on the have the career you wanted as a child?

Never had the slightest idea or inclination of what I would become as I enjoyed the freedom of being free of the military.
Like Marathoner, my dad was military and we moved regularly to new assignments around the world.
My family comes from Texas but I was born while my dad was stationed at Fort Monroe Virginia, a Virginian.

After high school I joined the Marines, served, came home, a PFC, (Private Finally Civilian). Time to chill out a while.
I met a Canadian in the Nam who told me he flew airplanes/seaplanes in Canada, due to the massive amounts of lakes.
Listening to him gave me the idea to be a pilot and as ex military I had the veteran's education allotment for training.

Got my Private License out of pocket, $12.50 an hour for lessons, ($5.00 for instructor, $7.50 for plane and fuel).
After that I had enough money coming to get a commercial, multi engine, navigation and other ratings/licenses.

But found out that with the Viet Nam war conflict winding down, there were hundreds of pilots returning home every year.
And they all had hundreds of hours experience flying various aircraft. Bad timing for a newbee rookie..