What was your dream job?

[sybian]

About five years after graduating I met our high school quarterback and reigning jock. He was sitting on a bench in pigeon park all messed up.
It was really sad. He had everything going for him and just fell apart after high school.

Sad how that works isn't it?
I was asked to leave High School...I was told I'd never make anything of myself anyways, so you may as well go get a job in construction, or join the Military....I did both.
I now own 1400 acres and at least a quarter million in livestock....free and clear.
Every once in awhile I run into those boys from the Football team ,I used to fist fight with on a regular basis.
Some did well, many didn't ....but most of them long for those glory days back in school, when they where somebody.

 

[sensualsixty]

Great you had some fabulous teachers to encourage you in elementary school. I had the opposite. My grade 8 teacher told me I should sign up for the two year shop program in high school and drop out after grade ten to take a factory job, because I would not achieve much in life.

Like you, I couldn't help but be influenced by her words. I chose to prove her wrong (a fuck you bitch) response and graduated high school, excelled in University and got a post graduate scholarship and a Masters Degree. Her five or six class pets who she continually heaped praise on in front of the other students ended up pregnant by Grade ten or stoners. I think two of them graduated high school made it to University and failed because all they did was party. I think of that teacher often every time I check my bank account.

Funny how teachers can influence you in different ways!!! Seems that the influence of this teacher was positive.

 

[JimDandy]

I wanted to become a Catholic priest but could not excited about diddling alter boys so gave up on that dream job

JD

 

[toadsub]

I got to do a close varient of my dream job. Now in semi-retirement i am doing anonther variant that sometimes is fantstic but can be less so as well. Like the last few days spent in a prairie town not quite embracing Spring!

 

[Hurzij]

Surgeon but I am a travel agent

 

[Andrew69913]

I wanted to be a psychoneuroimmunologist …….but partway through realized I wasn't quite as introverted as I thought ;-) Definitely made the right call!

+1 for best post of 2019 LMAO!!!!!

 

[Avioneto123]

I wanted to be an Architect. End up in the Mental Health Field following my Mother's career.

 

[Lavinia]

Olympic show jumper! Now I’m just a boring academic with a bad back!

 

[R the Man]

Astronaut. Actually applied a few years ago and made it through a few stages. Got a nice rejection letter from the Canadian Space Agency. Now I just hobby all over the world :bounce: