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You don’t have to be a kid to answer this question! Just write what you want to be and why. I’ll read everyone’s answers!
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#1
i want to be a shelter worker, because i want to help animals find homes and get better.
Final score:
10points
Vera Paradiso (Submission author) 4 years ago
i live on a farm so, i don't really mind it.
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#2
I want to be an activist
Final score:
10points
Bisexual bean (Submission author) 4 years ago
because i want to fight for girls like me who are survivors of rape and young mothers. i also want to fight for lqbtqia rights
-OldCarnival- 4 years ago
How do you make a job out of that? Do you raise money or something?
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#3
I want to be a pilot when I grow up because right am fascinated by aviation and how airplanes stay up in the air. I also think that there aren’t enough female airline pilots in the world, and I want to change that.
Final score:
8points
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Agreed. It would be good to have more female pilots. After all it is an equal world now days.
#4
I had many dream jobs over my years of dreaming. Director, writer, comedian. They all have one thing in common, which is creativity. Creativity excites me the most.
Final score:
7points
#5
I have my dream job...Vocational Counselor for Veteran's, I help them find their "dream job" or just to get back out into the working world. Best and most rewarding job I've ever had, nothing beats one of my Veteran's calling me and telling me "I got the job! Holy crap...I GOT THE JOB!!!" Love what I do!
Final score:
7points
Billy The Kid 4 years ago (edited)
Its good to help people. I help people from all back grounds painting and decorating. When they first start they have doubts but at the end of the course you can really see the change in them and how happy they are. Good for you.
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
Don't think it qualified as Hubby''s dream job but he works EOS at the VA Medical Center and I do know he does find it rewarding being able to take care of other Veterans needs. He often goes out of his way to make sure everything is clean sometimes even in areas just outside his area if he knows they are short handed so the Vets in that area get there rooms cleaned too.
meta dillard 4 years ago
To make a plural, add an "s." No apostrophe. (Apostrophes are for possessives.)
#6
I want to be a youtuber. I want to have fun and make people happier. I actually started in November, and I'm doing well!
Final score:
6points
ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago (edited)
Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0tGBCCE0lc
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ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 ℭ𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢 4 years ago (edited)
Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0tGBCCE0lc
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#7
I really want to work at a wildlife rehab and rescue center because I really love working with animals.
Final score:
6points
#8
Divorce attorney- oh, wait! I'm already there.
Final score:
6points
#9
I have two dream jobs. The first one is a author; I absolutely adore books and I love writing. But, you know, that’s pretty hard. The second one is working in a animal shelter. There’s so many animals in shelters, and I want to help as many as possible!
Final score:
6points
Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
You could work in an animal shelter and then write a book about it!
Jonathan 4 years ago
You can absolutely do this. You could work in a shelter and if you're able to, create a YouTube channel about your work and release books to accompany the videos. This would build up publicity for the shelter, spread awareness about animals in need, provide younger kids with fun yet educational videos to learn from and it would be a great platform to launch your books! Good luck, you can do it :)
#10
Archeologist- because I love history and finding things out about the world! I mean if not that then something with wildlife because I am obsessed with plants and animals.
Final score:
6points
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
I wanted that as a child. When I realized how much time I would spend on my hands and knees using a dental pick to dig I realized I would not be able to do it physically. Didn't dim my love of history though
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
It is a job that requires a lot of time and patience
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I want to become a singer so I can prove to everyone that maybe I don't have such a horrible voice!
Final score:
5points
PeachthePan 4 years ago
you go! but only sing if you want to and think it's fun. it doesn't matter abt anyone else's opinion :>
#12
I have my dream job, I am a Physiotherapist. I spend my days helping people who are injured or have a disability or illness achieve the best quality of life possible. The satisfaction I get from helping someone walk again or recover from surgery or even just be able to live an independent life is huge. I used to work as a Paramedic which I loved, but years of dealing with trauma cases day after day started to severely affect my mental health, this combined with the difference an excellent Physio made to my life after a near fatal motorcycle accident prompted me to retrain and change my career path.
Final score:
5points
not happy and he knows it 4 years ago
You are doing such a amazing job and helping so many people. Thank you.
Jonathan 4 years ago
I looked into becoming a paramedic but I just do not do well with education-based learning so that's that out of the window.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
The thing about a paramedic is that you have to have a lot of PATIENTS
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I'm 66. and retired. I want to be an old lady that people talk to and share their problems so that they can see how to sort them out, and feel better for it
Final score:
5points
#14
I want to be an engineer because i want to show people that i can be what i want and prove that i am strong. ANd plus there aren't enough Female engineers
Final score:
4points
#15
I have always wanted to be writer. My late aunt taught me all about literary sources from a VERY young age. She knew that she couldn't be one, so I hope to make her proud! I have been writing and am sending a few pieces into two different competitions in a few days!
Final score:
4points
#17
My dream job is a Navy Nuke. It sounds weird, but its is actually interesting, all you do i sit on MASSIVE nuclear powered boats, and maintain the reactors that power them. you get screened twice a year, so the chances of cancer is low. if something goes wrong, you can just toss the core off of the ship, because there is a machine that is able to move them. you are able to make up to $150,000 a year, after 15 years, starting is $90,000 a year.
Final score:
3points
William Faulk (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes. usually after 5 days of it getting tossed off, they send a recovery team.
Load More Replies... Johnny 4 years ago
Do you have a reference for how the core can be removed from the ship? They typically have to cut sections of the ship off to refuel (whether an aircraft carrier or sub), so I'd like to know how they'd eject the core in an emergency.
William Faulk (Submission author) 4 years ago
most ships have a drop hole underneath the ship, but others might have the crane/machine that can toss it off.
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When I was really little I wanted to be an astronaut. (Doesn't everybody?) Then a paleontologist. Then a biologist. Then a zoologist. Then a cryptozoologist. Then back to zoology. (Basically a lot of science. XD) I finally decided to completely change my career choice to something completely different: Graphic Artist. So, that's what I'm going for.
Final score:
3points
#19
I want to be a lawyer because I love the career and being in a courtroom. I hope after years of experience as a lawyer I could eventually be a judge.
Final score:
3points
#20
I want to be a oncologist because being able to help someone just makes you feel better. I would want to be a pediatric oncologist by saving kids but not all of them make it and dying children is not a happy place to be around...
Final score:
3points
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
I had AML as a kid. Survived 3 leukemia attacks when the survival rate was just 6%. I figure my doc probably thought that eventually I wasn't going to survive matter o fact he told my Mom at one point he thought he had lost me. You should have seen how happy it made him the day I got to take my infant daughter to see him! You would be making moments like that possible!!!
#21
I've never had a "dream job", and often wondered... is that normal to not have a "dream job"? Are there more people like me who are like "meh, whatever, as long as it pays the bills"? -- I'm exaggerating a bit. I do have a list of criteria for a 'good job' vs a 'bad job', but there is a large variety of jobs that would fit into the 'good job' category.
Final score:
3points
Hotrobot 4 years ago
Omg I thought I was the only one!! Care about taking care of my bills and getting the opportunity to do things I want to outside of work. I too have a list of criteria of "good and bad jobs" but it's not a requirement to be a "dream" job
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
As long as you are happy and make enough to survive that is what makes the job worth while.
Load More Replies... sxnshine-- 4 years ago
A dream job is a job that sounds exciting to you and something you want to achieve. To me, "paying the bills" is like the extra part, it's a part that is of course needed but I wouldn't get a boring job with good money when I could look for/ achieve a great job with the same amount. Think about a job that excites you (or multiple) and put it in a list and I guess you could call those your dream jobs because those are the jobs you wish to have.
Aliquid A (Submission author) 4 years ago
I don't need a dream job, I'm perfectly happy with the one I have. I actually think I've been more successful by NOT working towards some sort of dream job. It allowed me to be flexible and adaptable, jumping from career path to career path as opportunities presented themselves, rather than being fixated on some sort of goal. If you told me 25 years ago that I would be doing the job I'm doing now... I would have been completely shocked. Wouldn't even have been on my to 20 list of jobs that "excite me". But now that I'm actually doing it, I like it, I'm good at it, they pay me well, and I enjoy the company of my co-workers, so everything worked out just fine.
Load More Replies... Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Its good to have a job that you are comfortable in and enjoy doing but having a job is better than no job and like your comment - "it pays the bills" There are plenty of people that are in that situation but it beats sitting at home in front of daytime TV.
#22
I really want to be a historian or a detective ( I know that’s a really weird combo) but I really like history and investigation
Final score:
3points
Allan Breum 4 years ago
Actually, you can technically do both at the same time with Forensic Anthropology.
#23
I don't mean to brag but I have my dream job.
Final score:
3points
#24
I would love to be a best-selling author! Writing books is my dream and I love reading so, so much.
Final score:
3points
#25
I always wanted to fly a big plane since I was 4. It's just so cool what the wonders of technology can do.
Final score:
3points
#26
I'm 11, and I want to be a pediatrician. I love to help, and this would be a great job for me. I also want to be a Doctor Without Borders, I haven't quite decided yet. Being a DWB would help in fulfilling my dream of traveling and I'd still get to help people. Either one, I would still volunteer my spare time at a shelter and adopt lots of dogs.
Final score:
3points
#27
My dream would be to open a homeless hub, where all the services and resources are all in one place. Unfortunately that will never happen as it would cost an insane amount of money to run annually. I have decided I want to be a Phlebotomist and Lab technician. Not necessarily a dream but I can’t stop thinking about them, so I took it as a sign that it is what I am meant to do. I hopefully start the course for cert III in pathology next year and the lab technician course I will wait a few years before I do that.
Final score:
3points
#28
to sleep all day jk i wanna be president
Final score:
2points
#29
Army Special Forces, someone has to help those who can't help themselves
Final score:
2points
#30
I want to be an Air Force Pilot, but I don't know if I can because my vision's at the point that I'd have to get surgery and if you get eye surgery that isn't under the air force's sanction, you would never be able to fly for the air force. My more reasonable option is to get into the Air Force Academy and be a biophysical/biochemical engineer because they help people a lot more than you'd think, and they don't have that many women in there. (they're the people who do vaccines, cures, and prosthetics)
Final score:
2points
Commander Rex 4 years ago
Vision problem? Pretty sure that you could work as a tech, or a person on the radar, not entirely sure though.
#31
I want to be a software engineer when i grow up, because i have always like programming and i want to make something amazing and i want to make things work and make an impact.
Final score:
2points
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
There is a lot to learn. Software is always changing so there will always be something new.
#32
Navy SEAL. Serving my country, and the undefinable prestige of being part of that elite group.
Final score:
2points
William Faulk 4 years ago
My uncle was a navy seal, then he joined NASCAR, and btw, the training is intense.
Aragorn II Elessar (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yeah, I’ve heard. I might wash out, but it won’t stop me from trying and doing my absolute best.
Load More Replies... Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Im too old now but i wish i joined the Commandos. Good luck to you on that.
Angel Dust 4 years ago
You have a better chance of doing this than you do of living forever, take it and don't listen to those who say you can't do it, bc you can do anything you set your mind to
#33
I want to be a forensic anthropologist. I want to help find the people who hurt others. (Also I find the human skeleton beautiful and mesmerising. I find how you can plot some one's entire life just by studying their bones fascinating.)
Final score:
2points
#34
Janitor
Final score:
2points
Johnny 4 years ago
That's not a bad job - low stress (usually, except that time the building flooded... and the time someone was stealing stuff out of desks and they were convinced it was the janitorial staff, turned out to be an employee, they caught him on hidden camera), but low pay and it's often night work, my day started at 6pm, and I'd volunteer for overtime because I needed the money so sometimes didn't get off work until dawn.
#35
Okay, YouTuber along with blogger and writer. If that doesn't work out, foster home and writer. I would love to help children, it's actually kind of amazing.
Final score:
2points
#36
I want to be a lawyer, so that i can help people in their time of need.
Final score:
2points
#37
I've wanted to be an actor (especially a voice actor) for a few years now. I've done some acting in stage plays, but I feel that movies/TV are more my calling. Plus, I have a story in the works that I want to make into a TV show someday, and I can definitely imagine myself voicing some of the characters.
Final score:
2points
William Faulk 4 years ago
Good for you! (btw, in voice acting, and english accent is most useful)
#38
A vet! I love animals, and helping them! I'd have to treat my cat allergy though...
Final score:
2points
#40
My job is a care and support worker but I would really love to also design a range of products for elderly and infirm people that would make their lives easier. There are far too many limitations when it comes to the standard electric armchairs and beds. It wouldn't be enough for me to take existing products and tweak them ever so slightly, I would want to create an entire range of revolutionary items that really do change lives. Currently do not have the money to do anything like this but in a few years I hope to be able to, plus with the AI and electronic advancements we will be seeing over the next few years, I think I could really do something to improve lives.
Final score:
2points
#41
i want to be a history teacher because i find history so fascinating, and volunteer at a local library in my free time because i love books and be a cat momma. cuz i love cats
Final score:
2points
#42
I want to run a non-profit that provides free, 24/7, high quality childcare in low income neighborhoods. We'd also provide an array of services like job skills training, parenting classes, a shelter for women & children, tutoring for school age kids, etc. I want to do this because it absolutely infuriates me that there are so many children - and adults - suffering for lack of affordable childcare, and so many people think they're just "lazy" and looking for a "hand-out." Having reliable, affordable childcare is literally a life changer for a lot of people. And so is having somewhere safe to go if you're in danger but have no money to support yourself.
Final score:
2points
#44
I either want to be a comic book/manga artist, or a voice actor for the dubs for animes.
Final score:
2points
#45
My dream job is to be an author, but I also have fantasies of starring in a movie. To be honest, I also kinda wanna be president and... don't get me wrong- a shelter worker for pets.
Final score:
1point
#46
I want to be a senator. I like helping people, idk.
Final score:
1point
#47
I want to be a lawyer. For some reason ;aw and court stuff fascinates me. My aunt and uncle are both lawyers and they make their jobs sound really cool.
Final score:
1point
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Good money too. Not a job i could do though. I fall asleep with boredom in our team meetings. When someone goes on and on it starts to sound like the teacher out of Peanuts!
#48
I'm grown and the best part of my life is an intensive diversity training I co-facilitate. We don't take hostages so the people who attend want to be there. I get to spend 3 days with people who want to learn more about themselves and others - it's great. COVID has kept us from training for a year. I miss it.
Final score:
1point
#49
i want to be a dog walker and a shelter worker, i want to be a shelter worker because i want animals to find homes with good owners, and i want to be a dog walker because some people cant get out and let their dogs play alot.
Final score:
1point
Taylor Bentley (Submission author) 4 years ago
exactly but i have dumb dogs they have no concept of what glass is its just sad
#50
I want to be either a field biologist, or a culinary chemist. I wanna be one of those because they involve creativity, and animals!!!
Final score:
1point
#51
help stop making animals endangered
Final score:
1point
#52
an engineer at nasa, with youtube as a side job why? fun and cool and awesome
Final score:
1point
#53
I'd love to become a veternarian, I've always loved animals and I want to help those who are in need of it
Final score:
1point
#54
Any! Just wish I could be healthy enough to be able to work again! I miss working!
Final score:
1point
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Looking at your profile it looks like you went through some hard times. Hope you get what you are looking for. Good luck
#55
I want to be a singer or actor or digital artist or a youtuber or all of them. I want to do what makes me happy not get a boring "safe" job. I like being creative and showing people that I am. I want to entertain people and make them happy not only me.
Final score:
1point
#56
I've had many dream jobs, from a veterinarian to an astronaut. But as of this moment, I really want to be an archeologist. The thrill of exploring and finding out new things about the world excites me. I'm personally a thrill-seeker, I'm always looking for excitement. But my dream job could change, I never really know what the future is going to be like.
Final score:
1point
#57
Pilot. I'm 45 and a successful software engineer, but I've always loved traveling and especially flying. I know how difficult it is get into the big jumbo jets as a pilot, but if I could start over I'd try!
Final score:
1point
sxnshine-- 4 years ago (edited)
"It's never too late to follow your dreams."- for real though, your only 45! You can definitely still be a pilot! Just work hard and take any opportunity that comes your way!
#58
I want to be an astronaut, so that I will be able to see the earth from space, and also the other planets and the moon. I would also like to experience space - no sounds at all - and I imagine it would be extremely peaceful.
Final score:
1point
Johnny 4 years ago
If you're young enough, you'll probably be able to buy a trip into space for a reasonable fee so you don't need to be an astronaut, but I think you have little chance of seeing any planet besides maybe mars. Though I wouldn't count on space being "silent", you'll always be surrounded by machinery that's keeping you alive, even in a spaceship you'll hear fans and other sounds from your suit.
What do you think ?
Plane Lover (Post author) 4 years ago
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TexasWoman 4 years ago
Working at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston because I love that hospital and care for children; I have $25 taken from my credit card each month and I donate anywhere from $20-$40 cash each month.
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Working at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston because I love that hospital and care for children; I have $25 taken from my credit card each month and I donate anywhere from $20-$40 cash each month.
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