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Post by pjaye on Oct 28, 2017 1:28:02 GMT
Back in the olden days before 9/11, pilots used to invite small children into the cockpit prior to flights all the time I'm pretty sure it's always been against regulations to let children take the controls though (or anyone who isn't a pilot)...unless it's a movie, The story just reminded me of that crash...adults sometimes lose all sense of reason when there are super cute and very smart kids around and let them do all sorts of crazy things. Remember Jessica Dubroff? in 1996 this 7yo girl who was attempting to fly across the USA - had her father and flight instructor on board and she crashed the plane and killed all of them. What sort of parents let/encourage their kid to fly a plane at the age of 7? At least we have proof why that was a bad idea. I'm not making any specific comparisons with the story in the OP nor am I suggesting that anyone has said they will let him fly a plane...it just reminded me of those other stories and the fact that adults sometimes get sucked in by smart kids and the let them do things they are not mentally mature enough to do. Plus I have a fascination for those "air crash investigation" shows. I always thought it would take something major to bring down a plane, but when you watch those shows sometimes it is something so minor, like a piece of tape, or a wrong sized screw...or a pilot who let his kid sit in his seat for a few minutes. Freaks me out. On a lighter note, many years ago when a good friend and I went out to lunch mister almost 4yo he was telling me that he was going to be a "tar man" when he grew up. We tried to clarify what he meant...road crew? concrete layer? but no he was quite adamant about the "tar man" part. Eventually he was frustrated that we didn't get it and so he mimed it "you know a man who plays the TAR"...strumming an air guitar with his fingers. D'oh. He's 22 now and doesn't now nor has he ever has played any musical instruments, so we have no idea where the idea of playing the guitar came from.
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Post by birukitty on Oct 28, 2017 1:30:23 GMT
DS saw "Jurassic Park" with my father when it came out in 1993 at our local movie theater. He was 4. He loved it and was fascinated by it. (I know, what kind of terrible mother am I to let him see it at such a young age?) Well, he was with my Dad who I trust completely and I know my father would have taken him out of the theater immediately if DS was scared-but he wasn't. Going to and watching movies was a thing with the two of them. Very early on DS decided that was going to be his career path. He chose his college by finding one in Maryland that offered a film degree.
On 12/2014 he graduated Towson University with a BS in Electronic Media and Film. He just signed a contract for his first full time job in film editing. I'm very proud of him.
I wanted to be a teacher myself after I watched the movie about Helen Keller (the old black and white one)-forgot what it's called. I was a very young teen then. I went to college with a major in early childhood education for 3 years. In my sophomore year as an elective I took "Intro to Photography". While I sat there on the stool loading the camera with film for the first time I actually got tingles up and down my spine! I fell head over heels in love with photography. I continued taking photo courses along with my education courses. At the end of my Junior year I knew that I wanted to be a photographer instead of a teacher. Back then (1982) there wasn't a photography degree at my University (James Madison University) so my professor told me the best thing I could do if I really wanted to do this as a career was quit college and go work for an independent studio as an assistant and learn the business inside and out. I did that-worked 4 years at this little studio in McLean, Va. leaving to have my son, then I worked as a wedding photographer opening up my own business. Looking back I think I should have finished my degree to have something to fall back on, but other than that it worked.
I always told my son to do what your dreams tell you and never, ever back down. If you fall, get back up again and keep trying.
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Post by ellen on Oct 28, 2017 1:57:35 GMT
He’s cute. I loved the five years eleven months response.
When my daughter was around three she didn’t really understand the what do you want to be when you grow up question. She said she wanted to be a cat. That was her plan for a few months. We thought it was so cute that we didn’t try to explain it to her.
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