Children's future wishes and ambitions play an important role in their growing up. We wanted to hear and see as many thoughts on this theme as possible. We divided the activity to fit three age groups, so that as many pupils as possible could be involved. Pupils from 7-9 years made drawings on the theme:'What do you want to be when you're grown up?' Pupils 10-12 wrote about their feelings and made drawings on the topic:'What you do imagine the world will be like when you are grown up?'The best drawings and compositions were displayed then scanned, arranged in the form of a booklet and sent to each participating school.
Pupils from 13-15 years of age made a survey on the future ambitions of boys and girls from the school. This activity took place during Ethics class. At first only 25 girls and 25 boys were to be questioned, but then all the grade 8s wanted to join in. They were asked the question:'What profession are you thinking of pursuing in the future?' The results were presented in the form of a table and e-mailed to all the participating schools. We also received the results of the other schools and made a display on the Comenius display board. We found that the children's ambitions are not all that different and that many are very similar if not the same, even though the children come from different backgrounds and countries.