But being cowboy, police officer or garbage man (sounds a little YMCA to me), doesn't seem very difficult to me...

I don't know what you Eurokids do ... but those are all traditional "what I want to be when I grow up" choices of six year old Americans.

My daughter (now 8) has determined that she will be a teacher, then go back to school and become a nurse, then back to school & an artist, then back to school and become President of the United States. (She originally had POTUS second on her list till I told her you have to be 35.)

I want to do animation for Pixar but I want to do it in NE PA and only work 40 hours a week .. no, 30 .. no 20 ...

It's like RAID for careers.