I was a precocious child who wanted to do everything, no matter how difficult. I most desperately wanted to be a doctor, but not just any doctor. When adults would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would loudly proclaim, "An oral surgeon!" I couldn't understand why every grown-up just laughed. I thought "oral" meant "every type of surgery known to man." How could someone not take such a noble profession seriously?!
A childhood belief about work
others believed things like this
- I liked cats so much I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up, but, I thought they couldn't eat meat.
— Tanya - I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I used to want to be a doctor when I grew up, because doctors never die, as they can cure themselves.— Stuart
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix
- When I was 5, I wanted to be a bunny rabbit when I grew up.— Carrie