“My childhood dream was to be a lawyer, but it changed to journalism in high school. It won't be too hard to pursue it later on once I get my degree.”

— Sara Rosenkrance, supervisor, Lawrence

“No. I wanted to be a baseball player, but the reality of it was that professional sports was too hard to get into. Other things came along, so I moved on to something else.”

— Terry Tidd, industrial mechanic, Lawrence

“I don't really think I thought about it that much when I was a kid. I wanted to become an artist when I was in middle school, and that led me to study the philosophy of art.”

— Allen Jones, philosophy instructor, Lawrence

“Yes I did. I wanted to be a ballet dancer, and I achieved it by dancing in the theater in Germany.”

— Sally Pinnell, homemaker, Frankfurt, Germany