2018-10-21T12:54:00Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/on-this-day-life-changedtag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1073/38852018-10-21T12:54:00ZSursumCorda<p>Being an astronaut was very high on my list of childhood fantasies, until a well-meaning but unimaginative sixth grade teacher assured me that I could never be an astronaut because astronauts must first be fighter pilots, and girls couldn't be fighter pilots. Besides, they wouldn't take anyone who wore glasses.</p>