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streetlevel
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Oct. 2002, Xene #30
What did you want to grow up to
be?
Sensei, (Female), teacher from U.S.A
In grade school, while other kids were playing
house, I was playing school and I was always
the teacher! When I was in a ghetto school in
Chicago, when a teacher in the lower grades
was sick, we 7th and 8th graders had to "teach"
the classes because the school budget didn't
allow for substitute teachers. I ended up teaching
for 27 years, but I never thought I'd end up
teaching in Japan - for more than 15 years now.
So I think my dream has more than come true.
Takeki, (Male), graduate student from Taiwan
I grew up watching my relatives travel to Europe,
so when I was 6 I wanted to become a foreign
tour guide and travel all over the world. But
whenever my parents asked me about my dream,
I always answered, "medical doctor."
Since Taiwanese parents generally have high
expectations of their children, most of my male
friends would answer "doctor" or "scientist,"
and my female friends, "teacher."
When I become a parent I'll be willing to respect
my children's own dreams.
Natalia, (Female), director of "IT for
ALL" from New Zealand (Russian-born)
As a four-year-old I had a dream to do three
things at the same time: be a daytime doctor,
a circus tightrope walker at night, and an astronaut
during the holidays. At my kindergarten I gathered
forty kids to do blood tests with a real blood-testing
set. Now I have started a business where amongst
other things I help Japanese businesses survive
globalization through understanding and using
IT. I guess it is in a way a kind of "rescue"
work, as quite a number of Japanese commit suicide
because their companies aren't doing well. As
for my dream of becoming an astronaut, if some
filthy rich man goes to space as a tourist,
I'm sure I can do the same one day. And I sometimes
climb on top of fences or roofs and walk on
them, as I just got into a habit of doing it.
It's only up to me to make my dreams come true!
Kibo, (Female), graduate student from S. Korea
All through my elementary to high school years,
I was always arguing with those "incompetent"
teachers. I've always believed that there is
much more than knowledge a teacher can give
to students, such as hopes, dreams and love.
So I wanted to become a teacher and pursue my
dream living with children. Now I'm studying
education in graduate school.
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