What I dreamed of being when I grew up.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
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Travelling back in time, some sixty years ago, to try to describe in detail my dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up, is a difficult task for a man of my age. I remember first the group games we played, one of them being doctor. One of those mischievous days, I changed the water in the dropper and added alcohol, so when I put a drop in my cousin's eye, you can imagine the commotion.
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I played teacher a lot. I immersed myself in science books and when I was in fourth grade, I perfectly visualised myself as a systems engineering student at the Central University of Venezuela. I achieved that dream, but I was only able to keep it up for two semesters, then I graduated in Pure Mathematics, with a specialisation in Numerical Analysis.
But as a child, I wanted to be the captain of an aircraft, to fly through the skies. In my imagination, I travelled countless times, but that dream could never have come true because of my visual impairment. I ended up becoming my passion... a teacher.
Tenor
When I was eleven, my classmates—perhaps out of affection or mockery—called me a walking library, others called me a bookworm... But the nickname that stuck for many years, even into adulthood, was Mister Magoo—you know why.
Travelling back in time, some sixty years ago, to try to describe in detail my dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up, is a difficult task for a man of my age. I remember first the group games we played, one of them being doctor. One of those mischievous days, I changed the water in the dropper and added alcohol, so when I put a drop in my cousin's eye, you can imagine the commotion.
Image generated and edited with our own elements and the help of Canva Pro's Magic Studio and Magic Capture tools.
I played teacher a lot. I immersed myself in science books and when I was in fourth grade, I perfectly visualised myself as a systems engineering student at the Central University of Venezuela. I achieved that dream, but I was only able to keep it up for two semesters, then I graduated in Pure Mathematics, with a specialisation in Numerical Analysis.
But as a child, I wanted to be the captain of an aircraft, to fly through the skies. In my imagination, I travelled countless times, but that dream could never have come true because of my visual impairment. I ended up becoming my passion... a teacher.
Tenor
When I was eleven, my classmates—perhaps out of affection or mockery—called me a walking library, others called me a bookworm... But the nickname that stuck for many years, even into adulthood, was Mister Magoo—you know why.
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The Silver Bloggers Chronicles #22
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