Fragments of session 8 - Leuven Look into the future Teacher What will my life be like in 10 years' time ? I imagine I will still be working as a language teacher in Heverlee, because we can retire at the age of 58 the earliest. I'll be 50 by then, so I'll have a number of years still ahead of me. Whether my husband will still be working as a headmaster at his school, I don't know because he always says he can't do this job until he 'll be able to retire. I don't think one of my children will be married by then but I do see my three eldest sons studying at the university or at a school for higher education. I think my eldest son Wim will have become an archaelogist or a history teacher or something like that because that's where his interest lies. The second - Jan - will be doing something with sports, I guess and the third, Bert, will have chosen to become a kind of architect (he likes drawing plans). Pieter will still be at the same school where he is now and the youngest, Bram, will be in his second year of secondary education then. I hope by then our house will be finished entirely. I imagine I'll still be driving a car, I'll still have to go shopping and do the household, so nothing will have changed in those fields. But I do think the world around us may have changed. People will probably try to work less and relax more or at least take more time to communicate with each other. I also think computers will be omni-present in our society. As far as the world as a whole is concerned, I hope pollution will have been reduced thanks to all kinds of industrial innovations . I also hope war will no longer exist, but I fear that's utopia! Ann (back to top) Students I don't really have plans for the future , I'm a person who lives in the present , not in the future . of course, I have a lot of dreams , I know I can't realise them all, but I want to dream my dreams... I have no idea about what kind of profession I want to do, but now I play theatre and I want to keep on playing it. Greet (back to top) I will live together with my boyfiend,we aren't married and we don't have children yet. I will be a psychologist. I will have my own practice together with some other psychologists. Lynn (back to top) I think I'll have become an engineer by then. I'll have studied for 5 years to become a computer engineer. I may be working in a firm that develops computer software. When I'm 26 I'll be married and I may have 2 children. Wouter (back to top) I don't think I'll be married by then, because I'll be only 26 and probably still studying. I'm going to live in an apartment in the beginning, and i'll save some money to buy a bigger house when I become 30 or so. If I' have a child I hope it will be a boy. Klaas (back to top) When I was a little boy I always wanted to be a pilot, but now when I see how difficult it is to find a job as a pilot, I have dropped the idea. So I've been thinking in the direction of physiotherapist, but then I heard that there were too much physiotherapist in Belgium, so now I think I'll be a civil engineer. Jeroen (back to top) In about 10 years' time, I hope to have a nice husband and 2 children (number 3 and number 4 are on their way!). I also hope to live in another country than Belgium because I hate the weather and the temperature here. But if my husband wants to stay in Belgium, I will be living in the house where I live now, because I like my house. Tine A. (back to top) I don't know if I'm still alive in 10 years' time because I sometimes dream that I will die young. But I hope I will still be there. Katrien (back to top) In the near future, I want to go to the university and study criminology or study to be a pediatrician I hope to work with children later, either in an institution, or on the streets, helping kids who are in trouble out, or either in a hospital. I love kids, later, I want to have 3 or 4. My husband will be the best dad you can imagine. And when he looks good, it's even better. I'd like to have a house in a quite area, near a park or something.I would like the house to be made with lots of wood, because I believe wood makes a house cosy. And it will have a big garden. Lisa (back to top) I think kids won't have to go to school anymore,because they'll learn everything by computer at home ! Charlotte (back to top) In 10 years time I hope to be a famous singer. Maybe something like the singer of 'within temptation'. She's a woman who can sing very high, like me. I will be married (I hope) and I hope to have children some day... But I don't know if I would have enough time to spend with them, because of my career. I don't often dream about the future... Monique (back to top) I think I will live in leuven or at the sea together with my boyfriend. My boyfriend will love music and sports. I will be a photographer or I will do something with cameras. I will still be dancing because I love it. I will not be married and have children at that age cause that's too early Ellen (back to top)