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# 1Mathemetician - surprising.
# 2Author - always wanted to...
# 3Computer Game Programmer - I have not the skills.
# 4Graphic Designer - Hmmmm. Mayyybe, but I'm way too unfashionable.
# 5Web Designer - horribly possible.
# 6Astronaut - heh.
# 7Chef - been there, done that, small scale.
# 8Chemist - used to want to.
# 9Doctor - used to want to.
# 10Engineer - what kind?
# 11FBI Agent - never in a zillion years.
# 12Geneticist
# 13Inventor
# 14Lawyer
# 15Politician
# 16Professional Sports Player - urgh. If I was starving and the team was desperate.
# 17Researcher
# 18Teacher
# 19Artist
# 20Park Ranger
# 21Police Officer
# 22Reporter
# 23Salesperson
# 24Movie Star
# 25Rock Star

Kitchen implements

Today I went shopping and bought a handheld blender and an electric carving knife.

So my cabbage and turnip soup is good, now. I'm going to add things to it later, of course - lightly fried onions, black pepper, a sweet potato, maybe some broccoli if any of it hasn't rotted away in the vegetable rack.

One-up-manship and put-downs

My sister went to her boyfriend's graduation ceremony recently. His parents couldn't make it, but she could, so she dressed up a bit and clapped really hard and so on. Afterwards they all hung around a bit for photos and cigarettes.

Some girls from his class started talking to them. I won't go into details, but among the things they said were - "So, what are you doing then?"

"Childcare" my sister said. "Oh wow," they scoffed, "that must be really easy, playing with kids all day."

"Oh, yes. We do that twice a week. The rest of the time we're in college. We do 14 subjects," she said. I'd have hit them, myself, but my sister just talked.

"Hahaha, like what, nursery rhymes?"

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Now, these are art students doing a two-year course. My sister is doing a degree in Early Years Childcare, which covers such lightweight topics as psychology and law. Yes, they do a bit of art, music, drama, and so on. Yes, they learn to interact with kids. But kids aren't easy, and learning to deal with up to 20 of them at a time can't be easy either.

Apparently she gets this kind of crap all the time. People assume that Childcare is something you learn in an 8-week evening class course, or that it's so easy learning it is a waste of time. And she doesn't want to say "A degree in Childcare" as that's a bit uppity-sounding.

It all just made me a bit angry.