Another weekend. Another Scalzi's weekend assignment. Extra credit: What did your parents want you to be?
Around seven or eight years old, I
comforted some little kid who fell down and went boom. As if saying
"Oh, did you hurt your boo boo?" meant I had found my calling as a
nurse. Could it be that my mother was a nurse and I just had no
imagination? My dad was a doctor. But the skull he kept in a bag in the
car freaked me out, so being a doc was out of the question.
I was on a nurse kick until I began
to realize that nurses were doctors' servants, not partners. I had a
real issue with the lack of respect and how quickly I could get fired
for my tendency toward insubordination [an early character flaw that
continues to this day].
Being a medical handmaiden was never going to be my strong suit.
Model, actor, reporter were other
professions I played at during grade school, high school, and college,
but never pursued except as avocations.
My mother was the one who noticed
that writing and performing in high school and college shows was
something I could do in advertising. I was appalled that she even
suggested it. You can't win a Nobel Prize in advertising I said!
Clearly I was delusional. Without
missing a beat, my mother managed keep a straight face and point out
that I could make money in advertising. And worry about the Nobel Prize
at a later date. Oh.
Ha.
She was right. About the advertising.
10 comments:
Interesting did not know that about you:)
Deb
You are so right about nurses being "medical handmaidens". It's hard to deal with some days, but then you just hold your head up and consider the source....doctors. Hmmm.
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My motther said I should marry well and work part time at Clinique, IF I wanted to. <sigh>
xoxoxo,
andi
I never imagined being anything but a teacher, after I got over the superhero kick...hey , they are one and the same!
Marti
I always wanted to be a nurse, actress, singer, or rich as a child
lol my mother told me I'd be a writer when I was five... I write but I don't want to BE a writer lol She was half right.
~Lily
Mrs. L
After I started reading your blog for a while and realized you were in advertising, I thought to myself that that really fits you. It's interesting how different our adult lives are compared to what we THOUGHT we wanted to be as we were growing up. I was always going to be a pilot, I thought. I started to wear glasses in Junior High and those dreams were dashed. I wear contact lenses now.
Sam
At least they wanted you to have a career! That was pretty forward thinking for the mindset of our generation.
xoxo
I still dont know what i can be .....plenty of things i want to be mind you x
In my formative years, girls were allowed to be nurses, teachers or ballerinas. I can't stand the sight of blood, have no patience for stupidity and my feet are too small. So, where does that leave me? The comedy circuit?
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