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Tales of a teacher .What do you want to become when you grow up?

  Growing up I have wanted to be a lot of things. I remember planes really did fascinate me...like how does something so huge and heavy manage to float in air. Out of curiosity, I decided when I grow up, I want to become a pilot. By class six, out of peer pressure I shifted geers, everyone wanted to be come a doctor and so did I. By class seven half of the class had read Ben Carson and every doctor in the room now wanted to become a neurosurgeon...and you know what guys, so did I haha. Well, by class eight my grades were good enough so I entered high school still wanting to become a doctor, not a neurosurgeon this time though, but a pediatrician. That actually sounded classy to me and I too wanted to be associated with class. There was this moment in form two that I watched some clip on cesarian section...or that term they use when they refer to  delivery through surgery. With that my dream of becoming a doctor died, that thing gave me goosebumps and I made peace with the fa...

Where do you want to be in five years? Me just happy!.

So Where do you want to be in five years? This question freaks many people out and I'm not excluded. I bet you have to think a little hard about your life before you answer this. It is even more complicated for those in careers as this question keeps popping up in those dreaded job interviews. In a world where success is measured by the wealth you own or the job tag you boast of, I bet everyone will see themselves richer, popular or more powerful in their next half decade. But if you ask me where I want to be in the next five years, this is what I would say: We are more interested in meeting the person we think we want to become and less interested in the person we really are. And that is where we all go wrong. You just have to live in the moment mate. I want to be happy Life will always throw curves at you. When you think it's moving in this direction then it suddenly comes moving in the opposite direction. So, to be honest it is difficult for me to say what I ...