What did you want to be when you were a child?

Just some more stuff from my ever-creative students. I think they outdid themselves this time.

The third-year junior highs had to write an interview script asking a friend about what they wanted to be when they grew up and various dream-related things.

...There was the heart-warming:

"A: What did you want to be when you were a child?
B: I wanted to be a doctor.
A: Why did you want to be that?
B: Because I wanted to help lots of people.
A: What will you need to become a doctor?
B: I will need a lot of knowledge."

"B: I wanted to be a great father."
A: What else?
B: I wanted to be a priest.
A: What is important to you?
B: I think that comics are important."

"A: What is important to you?
B: My family is important.
A: Why is that?
B: I love family.
A: Why do you love family?
B: They always care about me."

...There was the absurd - many students apparently wanted to be inanimate objects and plants:

"A: What did to want to be when you were a child?
B: I wanted to be a wheat."

Really? I asked. He showed me the word in the dictionary and described the plant to me - definitely was wheat. Silly boy.

"B: I wanted to be a tomato.
A: Why did you want to be that?
B: Because its colour is passionate."

"B: I wanted to be a doctor.
A: What else did you want to be?
B: I wanted to be a big dog."

Yes, yes, really.

"B: I wanted to be a worker at Google.
A: What do you want to be now?
B: I want to be a shell. [yep, definitely no mistranslation]
A: Why?
B: Because it's cool.
A: What else do you want to be?
B: A VIP man and has lots of money."

Also, "I wanted to be a pirate."

...There was the magical:

"B: I wanted to be a wizard.
A: Why did you want to be that?
B: I think that making fire with my hands is very cool!!
A: What is important to you?
B: Learning magic is important to me."

And finally...the future evil overlord, with words of wisdom we can all learn from:

"B: I wanted to be a world ruler.
A: What do you do now?
B: I am a convenience store ruler.
A: Why is that?
B: Because the world is bigger than I thought."