Dreams evolve as seniors grow
As teens advance from childhood to their teenage years, their career aspirations may change.
May 10, 2010 • written by Kimmy West
Filed under Features
Every little kid has a dream career, but pursuing these dreams falls upon the shoulders of the growing child. Kids grow, but does the dream grow with them, or get thrown away for a new beginning?
Some kids’ aspirations come to only a selective few, such as being the President of the United States or being a rock star, and therefore become out of reach for many. As children get older, they realize they have to decide either to work harder to obtain these selective jobs or to give that dream up and move on.
Most kids ditch their original career goal long before they reach high school. Once teens develop new interests, they find new ideas; and once they find new ideas, they find new career paths.
“When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist because I wanted to play with the dolphins,” senior Stephanie Klink said. “Now I’m going to college to major in music and theater.”
While some students have only changed their dream once, others have had multiple dreams throughout their years.
“When I was a kid I wanted to be a minister because my grandpa was one and I wanted to be like him,” senior Cassandra Scheiber said. “At the beginning of high school, I wanted to be a geneticist because all my siblings look like my parents and I don’t and I wanted to know why. Now I want to be a music teacher because music is my life and my passion, and I want to show other people how amazing it is.”
Some students have not decided to give up their dreams all together, but have altered them to make room for everything they want to do.
“I wanted to be a writer,” senior Jesse Gillespie said. “Now I plan to go to the University of Memphis to become a stage manager, but I still want to write on my spare time and get something published.”
According to research conducted by Penn state as well as other institutions up to 80% of students entering college admit uncertainty about what they want to major in, and 50% of college students change their major at least once, if not multiple times.
Developing kids usually change their minds many times before they decide what they want for the future, but eventually they do decide.
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