When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I knew I wanted to be both an artist, and a scientist. I thought for a moment about how to combine my prospective careers and phonetically came up with arsonist. I had no idea this meant a person who sets fires. but I blurted out in class that I wished to be an arsonist. Needless to say my parents got called in to have a little talk.
A childhood belief about work
others believed things like this
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- When I was young and someone asked me what I wanted to be once I grew up, I'd say "A DOG!"— Alysia
- 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
- when i was little, i thought that a con artist was a person that painted pictures of people commiting crimes— kimkim
- I liked cats so much I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up, but, I thought they couldn't eat meat.
— Tanya - My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon