As a Child what was your potential career? (32)
Dragos1: As in pre-teen, Was there something you just seemed to love to do that could have been a life long career? I remember at a very young age being interested in Chemistry and also Electronics. I had a Chemistry set and though I was not into dissecting frogs I did have a pretty good setup with a microscope and a collection of different chemicals to do experiments with...for electronics I had some kits that even today would be kinda fun to mess around with using solar energy photoelectric eyes, relays and on and on.
Maybe you did follow that child hood prodigy you manifested.. maybe you should have LOL.
Maybe you did follow that child hood prodigy you manifested.. maybe you should have LOL.
This is an excellent topic B
I really could picture you in a lab coat sitting in a lab, be it chemistry/science or even electronics.
So, here's the thing...I dabbled in absolutely everything. Had the chemistry set, the lego building sets, easy bake oven, dolls, toy cars, heaps of crayons and colouring books. I wanted to be everything but there was this sort of mindset that girls went on in school to become secretaries or nurses. I went for the secretary part and after graduating, my jobs led me to engineering in a healthcare facility and it was an excellent fit for my technical mind.
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As a very young child I used to play teacher with my dolls. I had little chairs that I lined up just like they did in real school and a doll was on each chair. That was my classroom. This classroom was in an old chicken coop...chickens no longer lived there. 
The walls were black, hence my blackboard and I used real chalk. I stood in front of "my class" and told them what their homework was. 
As I grew up young girls knew they were expected to be wives and so I married and had a daughter. After the divorce I fell back on my best subject in school...typing and that's how I became a secretary.
I was still working in 2010 and at that time the firm started using new software. I acclimated myself to it quickly but other secretaries didn't. Their lack of understand gave me a chance to teach although not in a classroom but I did get a taste of it with real people this time.
The walls were black, hence my blackboard and I used real chalk. I stood in front of "my class" and told them what their homework was. As I grew up young girls knew they were expected to be wives and so I married and had a daughter. After the divorce I fell back on my best subject in school...typing and that's how I became a secretary.
I was still working in 2010 and at that time the firm started using new software. I acclimated myself to it quickly but other secretaries didn't. Their lack of understand gave me a chance to teach although not in a classroom but I did get a taste of it with real people this time.
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My mother used to call me "the scientist". When it came time to pick a HS I told the guidence counselor what I wanted to be and she discouraged me by saying that "scientists are like artists, they starve to death". so I signed up for oil burner repair. After 1 semester I discovered cars and switched to auto mechanics. I did that for most of my adult life achieving the highest level possible as a race mechanic and race car engine builder. My engines powered several race cars to breaking track records.
As a HS student the thought of going to college was the absolute last thing I ever wanted to do because I always thought college was like 4 more years of HS only much harder. I couldn't imagine why anybody would willingly throw away 4 years of their life to suffer through college. I had no idea what college was really like.
As a HS student the thought of going to college was the absolute last thing I ever wanted to do because I always thought college was like 4 more years of HS only much harder. I couldn't imagine why anybody would willingly throw away 4 years of their life to suffer through college. I had no idea what college was really like.
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2intrigued: This is an excellent topic B I really could picture you in a lab coat sitting in a lab, be it chemistry/science or even electronics.
So, here's the thing...I dabbled in absolutely everything. Had the chemistry set, the lego building sets, easy bake oven, dolls, toy cars, heaps of crayons and colouring books. I wanted to be everything but there was this sort of mindset that girls went on in school to become secretaries or nurses. I went for the secretary part and after graduating, my jobs led me to engineering in a healthcare facility and it was an excellent fit for my technical mind.
So, here's the thing...I dabbled in absolutely everything. Had the chemistry set, the lego building sets, easy bake oven, dolls, toy cars, heaps of crayons and colouring books. I wanted to be everything but there was this sort of mindset that girls went on in school to become secretaries or nurses. I went for the secretary part and after graduating, my jobs led me to engineering in a healthcare facility and it was an excellent fit for my technical mind.
LOL, well. I do wear a lab coat(black) but I am typically mixing colors to apply to human hair. That or making sure that my mixtures for high level tuberculocidal disinfectants meet state health standards but don't melt the comb too quickly. LOL. It sounds like so far everyone did what they wanted and had a successful transition. Thanks for posting.
"Ooby" that is really cool stuff. It was later on in my late teens that I was exposed to machining and a lot that goes with it. I actually ended up going back to college for machining while I worked in my fathers Manufacturing plant. I was asked to get into some work "on the floor" but I am at a point where I don't want to lug around the heavy metal though I would not be adverse to some CNC programming like I used to do. I always loved to make the patterns even for 2 dimensional numerical punch press and plasma torch centers. I did a fair amount of programming for these really long and (expensive) tube benders "Eaton Leonard". We had left and right arm benders that we made control arms by the thousands. also larger objects...always interesting to see what it takes to preserve the strength of the material and still maintain the shape of what your final product is.
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Dragos1: As in pre-teen, Was there something you just seemed to love to do that could have been a life long career? I remember at a very young age being interested in Chemistry and also Electronics. I had a Chemistry set and though I was not into dissecting frogs I did have a pretty good setup with a microscope and a collection of different chemicals to do experiments with...for electronics I had some kits that even today would be kinda fun to mess around with using solar energy photoelectric eyes, relays and on and on.
Maybe you did follow that child hood prodigy you manifested.. maybe you should have LOL.
Maybe you did follow that child hood prodigy you manifested.. maybe you should have LOL.
Life was my potential career.
Life was not a gift it was something to fight for!
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I wanted to be an artist bad when I was young but I sucked; especially sucked at drawing people. I was jealous of other family members who were very talented with black n white drawings.
So, before i hung up any further aspirations at this I found an unused canvas and flicked boogers on it and then laid it horizontal outside on a couple of clear days hoping to catch bird droppings on it. Afterwards I took it in to school and asked for interpretations.
I found my calling later in environmental science......
So, before i hung up any further aspirations at this I found an unused canvas and flicked boogers on it and then laid it horizontal outside on a couple of clear days hoping to catch bird droppings on it. Afterwards I took it in to school and asked for interpretations.
I found my calling later in environmental science......
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I've always wanted to be an air-stewardess but fate had other plans for me.......I ended up being.....nothing 
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A contortionist in a circus.
You think I'm joking.
You think I'm joking.
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jac_the_gripper: A contortionist in a circus.
You think I'm joking.
You think I'm joking.
How did it pan out? I saw an amazing young woman "Zlata" seemingly fold her spinal cord in half and then some..Maybe it is here...aw yes! did you do anything like this by chance??
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Dragos1: How did it pan out? I saw an amazing young woman "Zlata" seemingly fold her spinal cord in half and then some..Maybe it is here...aw yes! did you do anything like this by chance??
Well y'know Dragos, it wasn't really a recognised career option for a kid from a council estate back in the 70's. It was just considered weird. And yes, I did things like that.
I can relate to 2I when she talked of women's career options back then. I remember having a total flap about policeman, fireman, milkman, doctor, boss, etc. being things I wouldn't be allowed to do. I felt my options were mother, or nurse, both of which involved vomit and I sooo did not want to do that!
I'm pleased we now use language like police officer and fire fighter which doesn't exclude girls and allows them to imagine more options for themselves.
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I was always out and about on our farm and good with all kind of animals. One of my qualifications is in that direction and although I don't work hands on anymore, I still am and always will be interested in farming, especially dairying. 
Just on a side note, I was always encouraged from my family that I have to work hard, but can do whatever I want to do.
Just on a side note, I was always encouraged from my family that I have to work hard, but can do whatever I want to do.
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I was a talented math geek -Maths Olympic Champ...how nerdy ...lol- and creative good drawer...theres still a mural I designed in our Art gallery at School , and was -by accident- involved in drama club -and found out I was good and loved it!!- so I was adviced to become an Architect, Engineer , Graphic Designer or an Actress...
Unfortunately I have so many interests ...Basically I like everything so ...
But I became an Engineer...Networking and Telecommunications Engineer- sounds boring I know- and to be honest ...doesn´t make me happy.
By experience, became a Logistics Expert.
I would be happy now If I could change my carreer and become a graphic designer or a Hairdresser...
I think I didn´t make a good carreer choice... I should have followed my instincts and gone with some art related thing... I still want to draw and imagine stuff... I still do ...
Unfortunately I have so many interests ...Basically I like everything so ...
But I became an Engineer...Networking and Telecommunications Engineer- sounds boring I know- and to be honest ...doesn´t make me happy.
By experience, became a Logistics Expert.
I would be happy now If I could change my carreer and become a graphic designer or a Hairdresser...
I think I didn´t make a good carreer choice... I should have followed my instincts and gone with some art related thing... I still want to draw and imagine stuff... I still do ...
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KNenagh: I was always out and about on our farm and good with all kind of animals. One of my qualifications is in that direction and although I don't work hands on anymore, I still am and always will be interested in farming, especially dairying.
Just on a side note, I was always encouraged from my family that I have to work hard, but can do whatever I want to do.
With the collapse in world dairy prices be good time to take up dairy farming , a fifth of NZ dairy farms will fail if prices don't recover over the next two years .Just on a side note, I was always encouraged from my family that I have to work hard, but can do whatever I want to do.
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epirb: With the collapse in world dairy prices be good time to take up dairy farming , a fifth of NZ dairy farms will fail if prices don't recover over the next two years .
epirb, it was always growing or give way in farming.
I loved farming but our farm at home was too small to warrant the huge investments who would have been necessary to keep the farm going.
It's not only NZ, it's world wide.
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KNenagh: epirb, it was always growing or give way in farming.
I loved farming but our farm at home was too small to warrant the huge investments who would have been necessary to keep the farm going.
It's not only NZ, it's world wide.
The big problem here is debt , its going to affect smaller farms just as much as the bigger ones . Average size , 380 cows , up to 1000 many of them now. There has been a big push to make farms bigger here causing a lot of the rise in debt .I loved farming but our farm at home was too small to warrant the huge investments who would have been necessary to keep the farm going.
It's not only NZ, it's world wide.
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epirb: The big problem here is debt , its going to affect smaller farms just as much as the bigger ones . Average size , 380 cows , up to 1000 many of them now. There has been a big push to make farms bigger here causing a lot of the rise in debt .
I know and it's the same in a lot of countries epirb, I work for a company who sell into the agricultural sector and know the financial problems.
All countries have gone through a structural change in farming and there will be less, bigger farms - everywhere.
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Love one another
make something with your hands
and exhalt the farmers
make something with your hands
and exhalt the farmers
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You ask as a child what your potential career?
At the age of 9 years old my childhood dreams ended when my father died in a sudden death.Unlike most girls at that age who dream of playing in dollhouses etc I was too busy helping my mother doing the household chores,food shopping etc while she went to work.
At the age of 9 years old my childhood dreams ended when my father died in a sudden death.Unlike most girls at that age who dream of playing in dollhouses etc I was too busy helping my mother doing the household chores,food shopping etc while she went to work.
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