So, our local weekly paper, the Glens Falls Chronicle, had a snippet where they asked 2 to 4th grade children where they envisioned themselves 30 years from now. Here's some of my favourite responses:
"Thirty years from now, I will be in a wheelchair. I will be in a wheelchair, because I will be old and cranky. I will also be mean and wrinkly. That is what I will be thirty years from now." KT Grade 4.
In 30 years I will be old and I will be eating hard candy. My skin will have wrinkles. I will have a walker and a motorized scooter. I will have no teeth. I will be doing crossword puzzles. I don't want to be 37." DM Grade 3
"In 30 years I will be napping because I will be old and tired. I will work at a snowboard shop because I love snowboarding." KL Grade 1
HERE'S SOME MORE OF MY FAVOURTIES:
"I will be driving a convertable with the wind blowing in my hair, being a mom and working as a teacher.I will take my kids to McDonalds in my convertible and will will all eat Happy Meals!!" ML Grade 2
"In 30 years I will have a job, and I will be a saleswoman or a ballerina. I think I would rather be a saleswoman instead of a ballerina. I would be a saleswoman because my dad used to be a salesman a long time ago. He was 38 I think. I would like to have kids and get married. I will live in a castle with my husband and my cat. I will make raviloi's every night. Maybe we will be rich! We could get anything we want. I would be like a queen!." GZ Grade 2
"Thirty years from now I will be 39 years old. I see myself being married to a wonderful husband with two great kids. We will have a big beautiful house with a front porch and a pool in the backyard. I will have two dogs. One is a Yorkshire Terrier, and her name will be Shelly, and the other dog will be a Pomeranian, and his name will be Petey. My job is to be mayor of South Glens Falls so I can go to all the parades and the parks and have a good seat so I can see." EJ Grade 4
"In 30 years I will be a mom and have a husband. I will have a house that is pink. I will be a nurse. My husband will be a doctor. My life will be happy." C-L W Grade 1
"In 30 years I will be a comedy show host. I will be 39. I will look like a comedian with a suit and tie. I will be thin with brown long hair and money in my pocket. The show will be in Boston. The show will be called Comedy Man, with D____R__. It will be in a glass building in front of Fenway Park." (The stadium home of the Boston Red Sox pro baseball team.) "The floor will be blue marble with black seats, a stage with green curtains, and the stage will be ten yards long. The stage is there if I get a band to play. The show broadcasts every week. The time when it broadcasts is 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The day it will broadcast is Saturuday. I will have a great life in 30 years." DR Grade 4
AND SOME MORE FAVOURITES:
"In 30 years, I will be a farmer. When I am a farmer I am going to chase cows in the barn. You have to chase cows in to milk them. I will also make food for the cows. You have to have special machinery to make the cows' foods. Another chore I will do is spread the poop on the fields. The poop makes the crops grow, and they they cut the grass again. I would love to be a farmer." WT Grade 3. (Same dream I had at that age, oddly enough).
"Thirty years from now, I will be 38 years old. I will be a famous scientist. I love science! It's my favorite subject. My new name will be Albert Einstein. It's a real name. That's how I got my name. My mom named me." AP Grade 3
"Thirty years from now I will be spying and inventing new gadgets, because I like sneaking around and making new stuff. I also want to be a spy because of all the spy books I read, and I also want to be a person that invents new gadgets, because I want it to be not as hard to spy for the CIA." KS Grade 3
This photo brings back a nice memory. I used to love it when Harry, the Episocpal Bishops gardener, used to give us rides on his big ol' red Massey Ferguson tractor...what fun!
