Anthony Beattie

Anthony still wishes to hold on to his dream of going to Norte Dome (Notre Dame), playing baseball, and writing. And although the chances of him playing collegiate or professional baseball are infinitely small, he has good enough grades to make a push for the Catholic school and is the current Sports Editor on The Plateau Times. When I asked him about a new, more realistic prediction, he declined to offer one, retaining a nostalgic hope that his childhood dreams might come true.

Axie Dompier

Axie Dompier had high hopes for an acting future as a child which was unknown to most of her peers, including myself. Nowadays, she seems more realistic about the fact that will probably not be attending the University of California and becoming an actor, adding, “Ew, did I actually say that? That’s really embarrassing and is completely off.”

Bill Dow

In retrospect, I was never a good enough tennis player to even consider playing at a professional level (much less Stanford). I had potential, but my hatred for the game overrode all that I had. I likely shared this wish for one of two reasons, first off I truly believed in it — making it a perfect example of childhood fantasy — or that I wanted people to think that I could get to Stanford and play professional tennis. It was frankly, probably the latter. I wasn’t even remotely intelligent back then, I don’t think I understood Stanford as a ten-year old.

New prediction: In four years I will be at a solid university, struggling to decide how I want to spend the rest of my life.

Rogers Feng

As Alex said when I first read him this quote, “it is good to know that Rogers was insane back in elementary school.” He couldn’t have been more right — although Rogers wouldn’t likely bring up Redwall in high school, his goals are still as fantastical. If I told you that he said this a week ago, you wouldn’t doubt it for a second. But this isn’t a complete Rogers bash, at least his goal is still relatively consistent with what he would like to do now. And although when I questioned him about it he just got confused, which is typical of Rogers, he said he did have interest his pursuing biology. He just doesn’t know what he wants to do.

New assumed prediction: In four years I will be at a good university studying some form of biology.

Monica Guo

In part because of my laziness, and in part because of my journalistic integrity, I am going to let Monica speak for herself to comment on her prediction.

“Well, I definitely do not want to be a teacher, considering that fact that my communication skills with younger children are rubbish and that I am unable to believe in the Tooth Fairy (I can, however, lie through my teeth about Santa). I’m still fascinated with the cosmos, but astronomy is such a mathematically-driven field in which I would utterly fail in. So, yes. Lots of changes; I was such a dreamer in fifth grade.”

Daniel Hadi

Over the past six years, Daniel has put down the skateboard in favor of a more realistic, academic-based future.

New prediction: I want to go to a good school and probably major in engineering and work for some big electronic corporation. Then I’ll buy a nice car, house and establish a family.

Jessica Klein

Unlike most of the students, Jessica had a semi-realistic goal leaving elementary school. But the desire to travel the world and shoot photos has changed, according to Jessica, in favor of a business-oriented profession.

New prediction: In four years, I hope to be in college studying business and preparing for a job in marketing at a big company.

Jake Knecht

After I dubbed him Jake “Can’t Hit” Knecht before announcing my second Skyline Baseball game this season, Jake lost hope about his career in baseball both at the collegiate and professional level. After the last couple of years, though, Jake has made phenomenal strides on the gridiron, and can possibly see himself playing football at the college level, though he admits that the University of Washington probably will not be calling him up.

Dillan Thakorlal

Dillan used to live, breathe, and sleep expensive cars as a child, but now has added a tint of realism to the landscape of his future. Although his childhood dream is not out of the picture, it is not likely to be his source of income as an adult.

New prediction: In four years, I would like to be in college studying for my future.

Boring, but realistic.