What would be your current job if it was the one you picked when you were in Kindergarten

[LynneSin]

I would be an astronomer right now!

[texas1928]

1. Fireman.

[AlCzervik]

2. ballerina.

[GreenPartyVoter]

91. ballerina/dancer. Closest I got to it was being a cheer coach. I still get to choreograph, which is

fun. :D

[BarenakedLady]

3. Ballerina (n/t)

[johnnie]

4. A garbage man

Seriously. I have no idea why.

[GreenPartyVoter]

92. When my oldest son was 3, he said he when he grew up he wanted to be

"that guy at the roadwork site who holds the stop sign". LOL

[geardaddy]

5. Archaeologist/Paleontologist.

[Giant Robot]

123. OMG! I thought I would be the only one with that answer!

[RainDog]

6. I would be creating underwater cities

...which is what my bff and I did all the time. I decided what it should be and she drew it. I thought that being able to live underwater would be the most wonderful thing in the world.

[Raven]

7. Ballerina...took lessons,ambitious Mother, was awful! n/t

[madinmaryland]

8. Train engineer.

Well, it was pretty close as I am an electrical engineer.

[GoneOffShore]

51. Another vote for the train engineer

I wanted to drive a Pennsylvania RR GG1 -


or a steam engine.

[Inchworm]

9. Truck Driver

Army man

Fighter pilot

:hi:

[CreekDog]

10. god of a make-believe city

made of lego people and hot wheels.

[devilgrrl]

11. Emma Peel from the Avengers

:shrug:

[Parche]

12. Pimp

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

13. Ninja. Or an archaeologist.

Maybe a ninja archaeologist.

[Parche]

14. Proctologist

Since I am a flaming a$$hole!!

:rofl: :rofl::rofl:

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

50. That's a good one Parche!!1!!

:spray:

:hi:

[GoneOffShore]

53. I was a bartender for a while

It's kind of like being a proctologist, but you have to look at more than one a$$hole at a time.

[Shakespeare]

15. The sidekick on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

The one who got to have all the contact with animals (sometimes cool, sometimes scary).

I still kinda wish that was my job. :hi:

[Lasher]

130. Name was Jim.

I thought it was funny, how Marlin Perkins would say, "Jim and I wrestle the huge reptile." And there would be a shot of Marlin, looking through binoculars at something in a setting that had nothing to do with the episode in question. And our hero Jim? It would show him (with Marlin nowhere in sight) getting his ass kicked by an enormous anaconda or crocodile that was about to drag him underwater to feed him to their evil spawn.

"Jim and I", huh huh. I don't think Jim had such a good job.

[lightningandsnow]

16. Xena.

[DarkTirade]

56. There's still time, you're not grown up yet.

:P

[GreenPartyVoter]

93. That would rock!

[Iggo]

17. Hippie.

[TimeChaser]

18. A zoologist

Which is funny, because I'm a zoology major right now :D

[TZ]

24. Really?

I was a Zoology major in college...:hi:

[Taverner]

19. Cop

Just like daddy

[Gonzo Gardener]

20. Veterinarian...

more specifically, an Equine Vet.

[youthere]

21. Wonder Woman.

[flvegan]

22. Shazam!

[LiberalEsto]

23. ballerina nt

[UndertheOcean]

25. Priest

I'm ashamed to say.

[Inchworm]

29. My daughter wanted to be a "Sister" for the longest time

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the OP.

:P

[TZ]

26. Either a dolphin trainer

or a truck driver....

[Kutjara]

27. Astronaut. Living on the Moon.

I still want to be one.

[SallyMander]

28. Marine biologist

Why are little kids obsessed with marine biology?


Turns out i strayed really far... i'm a *terrestrial* biologist :P

[TZ]

108. I too wanted to be a marine biologist

or at least work with Dolphins... At least I am a biologist........

[Pierre.Suave]

30. Fighter Pilot

In the Navy or Marine Corps

[skater314159]

64. That's what I wanted to be when I was older.

A fighter pilot in the Navy... cause I always thought it would be cool to take off and land on a carrier.

[eyesroll]

31. Cook. Or lifeguard.

I'm a good cook but an iffy swimmer these days.

[av8rdave]

32. Either the one I have or astronaut

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. Zookeeper

But I didn't go to kindergarten.

[laylah]

34. A singer at the

Grand Olde Oprey. Held that dream until about 16 or so, when I figured out I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it :rofl:

[Capn Sunshine]

35. Nuclear Physicist

I remember one of our neighbors worked at "Atomics International" and he took me there once and I got to put my hands in the gloves behind the glass shields and I was really stoked on the whole Atomic thing, as was the rest of America at the time (1956). I got a really positive reaction when I said I wanted to be a nuclear physicist so it kind of imprinted on me. So that's what I told my teachers . It was the earliest time I remember thinking "hey, these teacher folks are really impressionable; all I have to do is figure out what they want to hear and I'm IN." It actually became my school system.

Of course there were no professional surfers then or that would have been my choice.

[Aristus]

36. Fireman.

The life-dreams of young boys are simple and predictable. :-)

[Westegg]

37. I, a paleontologist. Did I spell that right? ...

...Ironically, I ended up being a writer and editor, so I shouldn't even need to ask. Back then, dinosaurs were my passion. (I still love them.) Probably (looking back on it) I was also attracted to a life that seemed to involve going into the Gobi desert, or some such place, with a pick-ax and small brushes. Away from civilization. And from people.

[skater314159]

69. You should sign up as a dig volunteer...

... many digs need people to do the grunt work - you know digging and sifting and such. You could choose paleontology or archaeology - any era or period you like.

I had a chance to dig for dinos in Mongolia, but I couldn't because of health... but you should check up on digs there, as there's lots of great fossils in that region. For a more affordable alternative, there are tons of expeditions in the High Plains of WY.

http://www.dinodigs.org/

[Westegg]

117. Wow. Wow. What a great idea. Thanks!

[Sannum]

38. Princess

i would still be open to it.

[SKKY]

39. I wanted to be the "Roach Coach" driver....

...you know, that truck that drives around to job sites and sells food to workers. My Grandparents owned a sheet metal business in Tucson, Arizona and when the truck would come around, she would always buy me a "Jello Cup". I thought that was the greatest job in the world.

[fight4my3sons]

40. equestrian show jumper

[Rabrrrrrr]

41. I'd be a ontoteleologist

[Book Lover]

42. Both a doctor and a nun

HA!

[JoePhilly]

43. Executive ...

Because then you get to tell everyone else what to do.

[SPKrazy]

44. Fireman or Garbageman

both because they got to ride on the back of the truck :P


:rofl:

[KamaAina]

45. Unemployed since 1986

I would've been a fullback for the Baltimore Colts. :(

edit: when I was 5, fullbacks actually got to carry the ball, especially down near the goal line.

[Catchawave]

46. Princess SummerFallWinterSpring

She was the Indian princess on Howdy Doody and wanted to grow up and be her :D

[MilesColtrane]

47. Astronaut

[Scooter24]

48. A "Firetruck"

lol...I have a home video of me staring outside our window looking at a firetruck with my dad asking me "what do I want to be when I grow up?" I reply "A firetruck!" *sigh*


Oh...you meant when I was 5?! Well then :P

[seemunkee]

49. Entomologist

i loved bugs, read every book I could get my hands on about them. I actually started off in Entomology in college before switching to English

[DarkTirade]

57. So you went from Entomology... to etymology?

[Akoto]

52. Wizard.

As you might've guessed, I grew up to be a D&D nerd. ;)

[Fox Mulder]

54. I'd be a center fielder for the Minnesota Twins.

[Momgonepostal]

55. a long haul trucker!

[hellbound-liberal]

58. A steam shovel operator! I actually remember reading this book in Kindergarten

And then, right after that, we moved to a new house where they were actually clearing some land across the street and I got to watch one in operation! I could still see myself doing that!

[Mojambo]

59. Spider-man. n/t

[LisaM]

60. Painter or artist.

Ballerina would probably have been a close second, followed by folksinger.

[grannylib]

61. Nurse or ballerina - I could never decide.

[KG]

62. a burden on society.

[skater314159]

63. Oh gawds...

I was a total ADHD kid who wanted to be an astronaut fireman dog. Seriously. Right now, I'd be a freaking canine that fights fires in outer space.

[rateyes]

65. God's gift to women.

And, I fulfilled that dream. :evilgrin:

[no name no slogan]

66. a rock and/or roll star

oh wait, I AM one

[Pacifist Patriot]

67. Farmer...in the dell.

[triguy46]

68. As I recall, I wanted to be an 'army guy.'

[harmonicon]

90. you were one better than me then

When I was about three, I always said that I wanted to be "an army". An entire army, I guess. Only later did I modify to "army guy". My grandad gave me his army uniform hat from WWII - that's pretty good. My dad also gave us old army cloathes of his to wear when we played, though by a certain age my dad told all of us kids that under no circumstances were we even allowed to join the army. Sure, maybe he didn't want us to die, but maybe he just wanted to give us stories about how hard life was for him in the army knowing we'd never have nothing to compare to it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

70. Indian chief.

I mean that seriously.

[lizerdbits]

71. President

Though I'm not old enough to run until 2012. Which I won't be doing.

[WCGreen]

126. Me Too....

[LaraMN]

72. A ballerina/detective.

I was always dancing around the neighborhood looking for dead bodies.

:crazy:

[orleans]

101. that's hysterical! n/t

[electron_blue]

73. a rock hound! Instead, my career is the one you picked in Kindy

I didn't figure out astronomy was a career til high school.

[MrSlayer]

74. Rock star,

When I was 5 I wanted to be Ace Frehley.

[I Have A Dream]

75. Teacher.

(I just wanted to write on the chalkboard, have red pens, and play with all of the little felt stick-on thingees.)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

76. I'd Be A Rabbi.

Ain't that a hoot?

Wow, did my life take all sorts of different turns lol.

[TZ]

132. Really?

Oh my goodness, yes that might be the most surprising answer here..Lol..I didn't even realize you were Jewish. Well, I think you would have been really good at the stomping the glass thing at weddings......:D

[femmocrat]

77. How depressing....I'm doing it.

I always wanted to be a teacher. Of course, there weren't many other options for girls back then.

[Iris]

78. Mommy

[MassLiberal]

79. a cowboy

if I couldn't be a horse. (I loved horses when I was little.)

[Shine]

80. Movie star

it was all about MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

B-)

[Critters2]

81. I'd be teaching kindergarten. Sometimes I feel like I am.

I wanted to be Mrs. Klein when I grew up. But I didn't want her "floppy arms". Now, I'm afraid I'll be like Mrs. Klein when I grow up. :)

[Chovexani]

82. An Olympic Figure Skater

:)

[graywarrior]

83. OMG, me too!

I spend hours and hours looking at maps of stars and planets and gazing out at the sky.

[ghostsofgiants]

84. Rock star.

[Doc_Technical]

85. helicopter pilot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050077/

[quakerboy]

86. Supercop

slash arch criminal by night. I would investigate the crimes I committed, but mysteriously they would be the only ones I couldn't solve.

[grace0418]

87. I would be an artist. Which I am, so that's pretty cool. Of course, I didn't predict that

my actual job would suck so much. I'm working on that though.

[MilesColtrane]

88. When my brother was asked at 5 years old what he wanted to be when he grew up...

...he replied "a Japanese soldier".

Not sure if this was Godzilla related or not.

[SoxFan]

89. Boston Bruins defenseman

[SayitAintSo]

94. Dog Farmer

Love dogs... always wanted a dog farm, with all kinds of dogs ( instead of farm animals )... Although farm animals are o.k..... they just aren't as cute and cuddly as dogs... and I wouldn't want them (farm animals) in the bed with me either.

[Strawman]

95. Fonz

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

96. Teacher.

Not a bad choice!

[The Animator]

97. I'd be an astronomer too! I'd also have a traveling bookstore.

Yes, born a geek, live a geek life, die a geek.

[ashling]

98. Santa Claus

:shrug:

[enigmatic]

99. this guy

[SeattleGirl]

100. A dancer and a singer.

I do dance and sing, but not in public.

[orleans]

102. an actress.

i have heard little girls say they want to be princesses when they grow up, or fairies. boys still want to be firemen, spidermen, batmen, and ninjas.

[Adsos Letter]

103. archaeologist

[struggle4progress]

104. I'd be a famous and very very funny movie comedian

[lligrd]

105. Hobo - Read A Book On Hobos At That Age

and always wanted to be one. Loved the song "King of the Road". My parents use to cringe when people asked me what I wanted to be.

[RebelOne]

106. Ice skater.

[dropkickpa]

107. veterinarian

Not far off, so I'm doing good by kindergarten standards!

[qb]

109. MD

I have to throw in a gratuitous image of Gregory Harrison:

[MedleyMisty]

110. Not quite old enough to be president yet

So hmm - maybe state senator?

[soleft]

111. I'd be on the NY Knicks

[sagetea]

112. Anthropologist n/t

[LanternWaste]

113. Secret Agent LanternWaste-- watch out!

Between Maxwell Smart and James Bond, I *knew* what the future had in store for me. But here I am, in my tiny little office pretending to manage two dozen typesetters... not quite the environment of exotic locales, bikini clad models and gin martinis I expected from my youth.

But since I don't really like to touch, view, smell, or hear guns-- maybe it's all for the best! :evilgrin:

[ThatsMyBarack]

114. Ice Show skater!

;)

[Javaman]

115. Archaeologist. nt

[applegrove]

116. I wanted to be a nun with an orphanage when I was 9.

[Ava]

118. cardiologist

i was an odd child.

it would either be that or else a fairy princess :rofl: ... i was undecided as to which was the best career path for me at that point in my life.

[Raejeanowl]

119. Princess

Don't laugh. It was that, teacher/librarian, nurse, singer/dancer(ballerina)/actress, nun, cook, nanny, seamstress, maid, and wife/mother in those days. Maybe I missed one or two, but very limited choices pre-feminism.

I liked the wardrobe, the wealth, and the idea of kissing handsome princes.

[u4ic]

120. Betty Rubble

who was also a cowgirl. :silly:

Oops. Forgot paleontologist, too, as I was fascinated by dinosaurs. I don't remember if the Flinstones had anything to do with that.

[defendandprotect]

121. Art teacher ---

[FloridaJudy]

122. Cowgirl

There's not a whole lot of call for that occupation these days.

[Drum]

124. Alligator wrestler.

No kidding...saw this on first Florida vacation as a tiny kid, and thought it was the coolest.

Having later gotten into professional dance, I can honestly say that sometimes I felt I'd reached that goal.

;)

[Hawkeye-X]

125. Retired football player.

Raking in millions.. oh well, her

[BuelahWitch]

127. I wanted to be Snow White

But the gods made me an alto! :cry:

[clyrc]

128. Sunday school teacher

Which seems pretty funny, now.

[WinkyDink]

129. Spy.

[khashka]

131. Water tower

Sad but true.

Khash.

[JVS]

133. Head of a Junta