What did you want to be when you grew up?

[txteach]

At 12, I wanted to be a pro baseball player. My life was like the movie The Sandlot. I played little league and thought that was it, I'm going to play for the Boston Red Sox.

At 16 I boxed in P.A.L. (police Athletic League) and went to a lot of golden gloves tourneys and was really good, if I say so myself. I broke my hand at 18 and my dream ok kicking Tyson's butt came to an end.

I do miss those periods of my life when anything was possible. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grow up?

[HardyGirl]

I really loved my pediatrician Dr. Verano, and decided I wanted to be a pediatrician just like her, (until I found out how long you had to go to school). Later, I wanted to be an actress or a singer. Oddly enough, as a teacher, I'm a little bit of all of these things!

[Gorn Captain]

Not to sound cliché, but I always wanted to be a movie director.

But when I was young, the movie industry here consisted of one movie every three or four years, usually about the fascinating life of farmers.

Things are picking up now, but it's a bit too late to go to school again.

[Mikey]

I wanted to be a US Air Force fighter pilot .... This was long before Top Gun and other movies of the kind came out.

[bgrimm77]

I wanted to be taller. just kidding....I wanted to be a cop

[BlackKnight]

When I was younger... A Cop...

Older,.. Hue Hefner or a Porn Star.

[Bill]

I always wanted to grow up to be a lobster.


I don't ever recall wanting to be anything specific.

[Marvelmania]

I wanted to be like Tarzan and live in the jungle or at least run around with as little clothing as possible. A little older I changed my mind and wanted to be a comic book artist.

[saildog]

I wanted to be an Astronaut.

Thomas Stafford was from the town I lived in and he was a personal hero to me. He had flown Gemini Missions, commanded Apollo 10, was head of the Astronaut Corps, and served as Commander for the Apollo-Soyuz mission. After the Apollo-Soyuz mission, there was a hometown parade in his honor and I will never forget getting to see my hero riding on a float and waving at the crowd.

[Cosmicman]

I am still pursuing the idea...


In the meantime, I am moonlighting as a computer techincian/wannabe rockstar.

[toys2cool]

Wrestler,COP,or soldier(MP)

[wolfie]

I was allways going to be a pro golfer to the point where everything else did not exist between the ages of 6 and 16.

By the time i accepted i would never be good enough i was 19 and on the scrapheap.

Now i just go along day to day.

I guess very few people actually make it to where they wanted to be.

[raider5gt]

I wanted to be a Deep Sea Diver or be like Jacques Cousteau

[txteach]

Hey John thats great that you are clean now. It shows that you now put your energy into the fantastic figures you make.

[Hulk]

I was very specific. I was going to be a cop, who drove a Corvette, and tracked down Bigfoot in his spare time.