The Old New Thing

What seventh-grade students want to be when they grow up

April 3, 2006 Apr 3, 2006 04/3/06

Raymond Chen

Another episode in the sporadic series on the wisdom of seventh graders: The topic this time is "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The students really enjoyed this topic because, as one young man put it, "I could write a book about myself!" Here are what some students had to say. Spelling mistakes are intact, but ellipses are editorial...