Dreams (and not the naptime ones)
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I came to this part of the forums because this is something rather important to me. Whenever I look at my friends, my peers, and even older men and women I wonder what their dreams were as a kid. Did these people who now sit on the couch and watch football aspire to be something great? What turned them off from their dream?
As a 20 year old Mathematics Major and the University of Tennessee, my dream is to reform the education system in the United States. The education system creates students who lack enthusiasm and in the end, do something they don't like because it makes more money, or they are forced into it based on lack of time. Granted, I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to do this yet, but I feel that the ball needs to get rolling. Without enthusiastic students, especially in the sciences, the United States will not be able to compete with the rest of the world.
This brings me to my question: What are your dreams and why?
As a 20 year old Mathematics Major and the University of Tennessee, my dream is to reform the education system in the United States. The education system creates students who lack enthusiasm and in the end, do something they don't like because it makes more money, or they are forced into it based on lack of time. Granted, I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to do this yet, but I feel that the ball needs to get rolling. Without enthusiastic students, especially in the sciences, the United States will not be able to compete with the rest of the world.
This brings me to my question: What are your dreams and why?
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Sure, I'll play along, bud.
Um...Erm... I thiiink...
-My dream would probably be to become an author. Nice, neat, and simple. I don't want fame or fortune (though to say that I'd refuse it would make me a liar).
--To me, stories are really meant for an escape from the terrors and trappings of life and society. Of course conveying a message underneath is important to some degree, and I'm all for that, but I remember reading books as a kid and taking comfort in the drama/comedy/etc. of whatever characters there might be. Which brings me back to my true dream...
I want to create a story that sticks to someone like glue. If even 1 person likes 1 of my novels so much that they re-read it twice over, keep it on their nightstand, and use it as their escape from life's torturous moments, then that's more fulfilling to me than any cash flow. In short (not to sound like a pompous saint or something), I want to ease at least one person's suffering with my creations.
*An author's works are like their children. They only wish the best for their kids, and to see them grow into things which save people from sorrow is more rewarding than gold or diamonds*
Hope that slice of truth was entertaining, Teach! LOL It was fun for me too.
Um...Erm... I thiiink...
-My dream would probably be to become an author. Nice, neat, and simple. I don't want fame or fortune (though to say that I'd refuse it would make me a liar).
--To me, stories are really meant for an escape from the terrors and trappings of life and society. Of course conveying a message underneath is important to some degree, and I'm all for that, but I remember reading books as a kid and taking comfort in the drama/comedy/etc. of whatever characters there might be. Which brings me back to my true dream...
I want to create a story that sticks to someone like glue. If even 1 person likes 1 of my novels so much that they re-read it twice over, keep it on their nightstand, and use it as their escape from life's torturous moments, then that's more fulfilling to me than any cash flow. In short (not to sound like a pompous saint or something), I want to ease at least one person's suffering with my creations.
*An author's works are like their children. They only wish the best for their kids, and to see them grow into things which save people from sorrow is more rewarding than gold or diamonds*
Hope that slice of truth was entertaining, Teach! LOL It was fun for me too.
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My dream is to be a fighter pilot for the United States Air Force. While there was a period I dropped the dream due to the social aspect of the job, I decided to pick it up again and I'm currently in the Air Force ROTC detachment at my college. I'm doing my best to get a pilot slot, but it's not guaranteed, especially with my current conditions. My backup plan is to be in Security Forces if I should fail.
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My dream has since I was 10 been to work with computers and be really good at it, but as I have grown older I have realized that a job could never really make me happy in it self, so while I still want to work with computers (am a CS major.) I know now that as long as I get a job where I have to use my head and think, I think that will be satisfying to me