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Reflection On Being An Astronaut

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Chapter seven: I have always been fascinated with outer space. I find myself gravitated towards how beautiful it is and how bizzare things can be up there. When I was in third grade I wanted to be an astronaut. I was so excited to finally find something that I wanted to be and that I could enjoy in my life. Now, my family has always supported everything I did but for this particular situation they did not tell me not to be an astronaut they just told me all the bad things about being an astronaut. I remember I was in the car with my mom, my sister, and my dad and we were stopping at the liquor store. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Charlie?” They said. “ I want to be an astronaut ! I love how space looks and I want to see what all the …show more content…

I now realized that my parents were not discouraging me, they were helping me. They made sure that I knew all the ups and downs of being an astronaut. I guess you could say that they saved my time but also crushed my dreams a little bit. I know that my parents were not trying to tell me not to be an astronaut ; I just think that they were telling me all the things that I need to improve on that will help me reach my dreams to being an astronaut. Unfortunately, I did not listen to their advice and I just gave up on my dream of going to space and being an astronaut. I let the negatives get the best of me and I never focused on the positives of being an astronaut. I still have a dream of going to space but it is more of a fantasy because now I am striving for a more practical career. Now, I want to be a pediatric Oncology nurse because I am good with children, I do not cry very easily, and I really want to be a nurse. I think that all the things that my parents said about being an astronaut was what helped guide me to the career that I want to partake in

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