What do you want to be when you grow up?

An Education Talent Search speaker came to give a presentation to the 8th grade classes today about making the transition from middle school to high school and beyond.  One of the first things she asked them was, "Where do you see yourself at age 30? What do you wear? What do you drive? Where do you live?  What do you do?" 

Some of their career choices were quite interesting, to say the least. A lot of students wanted to be engineers or cosmetologists.  Two boys said they would be writers.  A couple girls said they'd be artists or hairstylists.  Some students said they'd be lawyers or doctors or astronomers or farmers… there was even someone who wanted to be a gator hunter!  His dream job location was in the swamps of Louisiana (I'm pretty sure he was serious about that job).   Two boys declared they wanted to be underwear models, and another one piped in to say he'd be their manager.  Given the fact that one of those boys said he'd probably be living in a box, I think they were kidding.  But you never know with 8th grade boys.