Overheard at the playground

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Two 6th grade boys were swinging and chattering away.

Boy1: I'm going to be an app designer when I grow up
Boy2: I'm going to work at McDonald's

They started in on talking about how rats and mice aren't the same thing.  One of them says "I bet they would have a lot of overlap on a Venn diagram."

As I was telling DH the story he said "I bet McDonald's boy wasn't talking about diagrams"

This happened Saturday and the whole exchange is still cracking me up.

AuntFlo

That is awesome and hilarious.   And I don't judge the McDonald's boy.  I'm sure that sounds like a really cool job to a 6th grade boy.

DG1

OK, I think this is awesome.

My kids aren't quite aiming for McD's, but there's another kid at school who is TOTALLY the venn diagram/app designer kid. He is freaking hilarious.

Heffalump

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[QUOTE]That is awesome and hilarious.   And I don't judge the McDonald's boy.  I'm sure that sounds like a really cool job to a 6th grade boy.
Posted by AuntFlo[/QUOTE]

When I was in first grade, I wanted to drive an ice cream truck when I grew up--same philosophy, seemed like the coolest possible job.

DG1

True. I had a friend who wanted to be the checkout person at the grocery store. I mean, really - what jobs do kids really get to see/know about much? It's not like people dream up things like "database administrator" and "union labor negotiator." 

*Barbie*

i bet McDonalds boy wore pink leggings when he was growing up. 

Heffalump

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[QUOTE]True. I had a friend who wanted to be the checkout person at the grocery store. I mean, really - what jobs do kids really get to see/know about much? It's not like people dream up things like "database administrator" and "union labor negotiator." 
Posted by DG1[/QUOTE]

DH and I had this exact conversation last month.  They had "Occupations Week" at Wooz's school (basically Career Day x 5) and as much as we wanted to participate, neither of us has a job that little kids can relate to at all.  We said if either one of us had a job scooping ice cream at Coldstone, we'd be the runaway hit of Occupations Week.  Alas.

zsazsa-stl

I was also obsessed with the grocery store checker.  I loved the conveyer belt.  The scanning!  The cash register!  OH MY!

Thankfully I got it out of my system at age 16 and moved on.

DG1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Overheard at the playground : DH and I had this exact conversation last month.  They had "Occupations Week" at Wooz's school (basically Career Day x 5) and as much as we wanted to participate, neither of us has a job that little kids can relate to at all.  We said if either one of us had a job scooping ice cream at Coldstone, we'd be the runaway hit of Occupations Week.  Alas.
Posted by Heffalump[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>See, H has that down. His *actual* job, of course, is WAY over the head of anyone in elementary or even high school (too much minutiae - he spends all day thinking about a single protein, yada yada yada). BUT he can legitimately wear the white lab coat, tell them he's a Scientist, and then do the cool stuff like m&m chromatography or making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. </div><div>
</div><div>Bonus: His side-gig is freaking firefighter. Double win! </div><div>
</div><div>Me? I can wax philosophic all day about the merits of dropdown lists vs. radio buttons, and whether it's appropriate in a certain situation to put a form label above or to the left of a field. Yeah, not something kids really care about. :)

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