I got good grades in every subject in school. It was so easy I couldn’t decide what to do with my life, so now I work a low paying retail job. I still don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life and I’m 49.
My HS gf got top marks, got a liberal arts degree and best she could do was dental office receptionist. Me, not so great at what they taught. But I had a savvy Air Force recruiter who steered me into electronics. 7 years later I had a very well paying communications specialist job. What you want to be and what you should be aren’t always the same. You have to adjust and adapt.
I wanted to be an astronaut, or a pilot (test pilot, even!), or an architect. I also had severe motion sickness, moderately claustrophobia, poor vision, and very poor depth percepttion.
I became an electronics technician until I was disabled, and now I’m working on ARTIST.
Sometimes the physical things interfere with what you want….
In an episode of the Steve Harvey show (Steve is a teacher and Cedric the Entertainer is the gym coach) they are talking in the school hallway between classes. Ced makes a disparaging comment about one of the students having a less-than-promising future and Steve says “Ced, you shouldn’t talk about him like that… why, he could grow up to President of the United States!”. A pause… then they both burst out laughing. Ced: “Thanks, Steve! I needed a good laugh this morning!”.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
Anything, Sergio? Even an auto shop clerk?
Anathema Premium Member over 5 years ago
He can’t be an Anglo.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
And I can’t be whatever Baldo wishes to be known as. Next statement please.
theincrediblebulk over 5 years ago
I got good grades in every subject in school. It was so easy I couldn’t decide what to do with my life, so now I work a low paying retail job. I still don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life and I’m 49.
theincrediblebulk over 5 years ago
I can be anything I want? Great when I grow up I want to be a helicopter!
Why are you laughing?
jamescordeiro over 5 years ago
Well, that’s the way it was supposed to work.
neatslob Premium Member over 5 years ago
I saw a show asking kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. One kid answered that he wanted to be a vampire bat.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe over 5 years ago
My HS gf got top marks, got a liberal arts degree and best she could do was dental office receptionist. Me, not so great at what they taught. But I had a savvy Air Force recruiter who steered me into electronics. 7 years later I had a very well paying communications specialist job. What you want to be and what you should be aren’t always the same. You have to adjust and adapt.
sew-so over 5 years ago
I wanted to be an astronaut, or a pilot (test pilot, even!), or an architect. I also had severe motion sickness, moderately claustrophobia, poor vision, and very poor depth percepttion.
I became an electronics technician until I was disabled, and now I’m working on ARTIST.
Sometimes the physical things interfere with what you want….
ConradJ.Dominguez-Urban over 5 years ago
Wow…This got really dark and depressing. We need Graci to bring us back to some semblance of hope.
comics guy 47 over 5 years ago
In an episode of the Steve Harvey show (Steve is a teacher and Cedric the Entertainer is the gym coach) they are talking in the school hallway between classes. Ced makes a disparaging comment about one of the students having a less-than-promising future and Steve says “Ced, you shouldn’t talk about him like that… why, he could grow up to President of the United States!”. A pause… then they both burst out laughing. Ced: “Thanks, Steve! I needed a good laugh this morning!”.