When I Grow Up
University of Phoenix
GEN/300
May 14, 2006

When I Grow Up
As children, we all had similar aspirations to become successful in life. We may have wanted to become doctors or lawyers at one point, but the reality is that in order to become successful at whatever we decide as our career path, there are requirements that must be met and many, many sacrifices that will have to be made. My childhood goal was to be a scientist, but childhood goals differ greatly from the goals brought forth by adulthood. For example, a short term goal for me would be the ability to make our household's financial ends meet, whereas children have no such worry. I believe a major difference is that as a child, it is much easier to hope for a prosperous future and to set very high or seemingly unrealistic goals, whereas in adulthood, those goals seem to move farther away from becoming reality each and every second. The scientist goal that my parents were so proud of is now just a......

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