Childhood ambitions

[numbnuts]

I wanted to work on tug boats, my uncle was the Commodore of the Alexander Towing Company in Southampton Docks and was told there was a job for me when I reached 15.
At school one of the teachers asked us what we wanted to be when we left school, I said a tug boatman, she laughed and said "tugboat Anderson" I felt so ashamed, so I became a Blacksmith instead

 

[Plax]

I wanted to be David Attenborough or an RSPCA Inspector.

I'm neither

I was considering applying to be an RSPCA Inspector not long after I left Uni. However it was pointed out to me that perhaps I'm a little too sensitive to do something like that. Had to agree, I'd spend most of the time bawling my eyes out at how horrid people were to animals! In the end I just took any old job to tide me over until I decided what I wanted to do and I'm still doing any old job, just a different one!

 

[Arch]

I wanted to be David Attenborough or an RSPCA Inspector.

I'm neither

But you're young, you have time. David Attenborough can't last for ever, much as I wish he would...

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I wanted to be an ice-cream van driver and to have a nice house, wife, kids, a nice car and a dog.

I don't drive an ice cream van, I have a reasonably nice house but could do better, a wife, kids, and a dog. I have a shite car though.

Never really had many ambitions. I said this to a friend once, just as an observation and he immediately tried to help me find one, to show me I was. Like it was a bad thing. I don't think it's bad at all. Funny, what others see as lack of ambition, I see as contentedness.

 

[Joe24]

Why not? it's a great job!
For what it's worth, I had two ambitions as a child. One was to be a truck driver, which is all I can remember wanting to do when I was very young and which (after a degree and an M.Sc.) I now do, and the other was to be a professional musician, which is what I do on weekends. So all in all, I'm pretty happy.

Dad doesnt want me to be one. Hes done it for years and has never wanted to stop. Since i was very young i wanted to be one, be a tramper and spend a few weeks out in europe
Dont know if it would work with cycling either

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I was determined to become an artist since my first competition win when I was five or six but attending art college for four years got that out of my system.
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Several people I knew from school went to art college, but few of them lasted beyond the foundation course (and one who did ended up befriending a young Damien Hurst and then killed himself ). I always fancied it (art, not suicide) but although I am technically competent in drawing and painting, and have a strong aesthetic sense, I don't have whatever it is that turns that into 'artistry'... I guess I could have made a living as a commerical artist, but I always thought that would be really tedious.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I wanted to be David Attenborough or an RSPCA Inspector.

I'm neither

You were a bit of an animal on that climb up the Wizard Hill that Fossyant took us up a few weekends ago... doesn't that count for anything??

 

[longers]

I was only trying to keep up with Fossy!

 

[goo_mason]

Grow up! I think I will always want to go up into space and look back at earth. I suppose, to some extent, my reasons for wanting to do it have changed a little, but the urge is still there as strong as ever.

If NASA ever needs a medical physicist who specialised in MRI (or a helmet wearing cyclist) on their (cough, cough) future moon base, then I'm their man!

A friend of mine did the patternwork and designed/made the restraint layer for the first commercial spacesuit to be used on commercial space-flights by the super-rich. (In real life she's a costume designer / maker in Hollywood). You can see it here. (Beware - loads of waffle before the suit appears at 4min20'ish). I asked if she could get me a free flight since she did 2 years' work for them, but sadly the company said no....

I wanted to be a diver when I grew up, then that changed to a famous author. Then a particularly awful teacher spent two years ripping apart my prize-winning writing talent and self-esteem, and I've never written another fictional word since. After that, I had no idea what I wanted to do !!

 

[Yellow Fang]

I wanted to be an RAF pilot or a vet, but I wasn't coordinated enough or brainy enough. I also wanted to be able to do 100 press-ups and run ten miles. I managed both of those if you're not too fussy about the quality of the press-ups.

 

[mickle]

Several people I knew from school went to art college, but few of them lasted beyond the foundation course (and one who did ended up befriending a young Damien Hurst and then killed himself ). I always fancied it (art, not suicide) but although I am technically competent in drawing and painting, and have a strong aesthetic sense, I don't have whatever it is that turns that into 'artistry'... I guess I could have made a living as a commerical artist, but I always thought that would be really tedious.

My best mate at college was Damien H's best friend from high school. I spent a lot of time drinking with him as he used to frequent our student bar at Central. Only because the bar at Goldsmiths was so dire. He still owes me a pint. And all the income from the idea of signing ones dog-ends.

 

[Night Train]

I wanted to work on tug boats, my uncle was the Commodore of the Alexander Towing Company in Southampton Docks and was told there was a job for me when I reached 15.
At school one of the teachers asked us what we wanted to be when we left school, I said a tug boatman, she laughed and said "tugboat Anderson" I felt so ashamed, so I became a Blacksmith instead

I always wanted a tug boat. If I can ever afford to get a boat it will probably be a tug. None of this luxury yacht or canal boat lark.

I like the idea of doing a blacksmith course and installing a forge in my metal workshop.

 

[longers]

But you're young, you have time. David Attenborough can't last for ever, much as I wish he would...

You'd do a far better job than me

 

[Fnaar]

I wanted to be a dancer on the Rolf Harris show. Not any old Saturday night variety show, but the Rolf Haris show. So I could also watch him paint.
Either that or a stuntman. I was good at jumping off high walls and climbing trees, etc.

 

[Arch]

You'd do a far better job than me

Oooh, that's such a nice thing to say!

I certainly wouldn't mind being, say, Kate Humble. I tried out for the Beeb once, in the archaeological field (they were having open auditions), but I suspect I wasn't raven-haired, or big busted enough....

"I also wanted to be able to do 100 press-ups and run ten miles. I managed both of those if you're not too fussy about the quality of the press-ups."

So could I, if you weren't at all fussy about the press ups, or the length of the miles...