what do you want to be when you grow up?

Many of my students have a hard time answering that question. Some say "nothing," and most say "I don't know." Do you remember what you wanted to be? I always wanted to be an artist.

Two weeks ago, we had Career Week at school. Parents volunteered to come in and talk about their jobs, and our pencil pals told us about theirs. The kids were able to learn about new careers and wrote about what they want to be when they grow up. It was encouraging to see them revisit this question (I also asked in the beginning of the year) and to read their responses. Here are some of them:

"This job will be hard because there are so so so many animals."

"I will need Pampers and kids. I can't wait to be a mom!"

"I think this career will be fun because I can eat pizza. I can teach reading and math."

"I think this career will be fun because you have a microphone."

"I will need to get muscles and a football."

"With my first paycheck I will buy some medicine for the sick people."