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PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:46 pm    Post subject: Childhood role models Reply with quote

I read that late last year some guy I hoped I had forgotten said that retired army officers should go into school to become role models for children.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11684372



Which got me thinking about the role models I had as a child. To be honest, I don't really remember any. I had posters of the SR-71, the cockpit of Concorde and a 'how it works' style poster of the Follett Offshore powerboat ( http://www.classicoffshore.com/history_abo.php ) on my wall. After further trying to jig my memory into getting me to remember I did think of Newton Crosby from the film Short Circuit and Emmett Brown from Back To The Future trilogy but I wouldn't say they were 'role models'. They weren't people I aspired to be, 'When I grow up, i'm going to be just like you!'.


My childhood occupational aim was to be a helicopter pilot, my brother was going to either be a farmer ( because of the animals ) or play for Liverpool and had posters of various footballers.

So, what role models did you have when you were a child?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It has taken me all weekend to think of someone that I admired as a kid!

I know it sounds corny but I think my role models were me mum & dad!

I also liked Helen Sharman who was the first Briton into space (when I was a kid, I always wanted to go into space), she also shares my name and she's from Yorkshire! According to here Wiki page, she also likes chocolate! Woot!
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