UC Davis students share who they would switch places with for a day.
If you could switch places with anyone in the world for one day, who would you switch places with and why?
Ian Sophie, third-year biological psychology and dance double major
“I’d want to switch places with Ginger Rogers, spending a day on the set with Fred Astaire, dancing.”
Christina Scott, third-year wildlife, fish and conservation biology major
“I would say Jane Goodall just because she’s been one of my heroes when I was little and I think it would be really cool to do something that she would do.”
Andrew Garcia, fourth-year biological anthropology major
“I would say Michio Kaku. He’s a physicist and it would be really interesting to see what he gets to see every day.”
Jessica Liaudat, fourth-year biological sciences major
“I don’t think I’d want to switch places with anyone, really. I’m pretty okay with where I am. Also, it sounds like a lot of pressure to pretend to be [someone.]”
Kevin Nguyen, fourth-year civil engineering major
“I would say Elon Musk just to see how it feels to be so smart and get a good feel for what kind of effect he has on the world on a daily basis.”
Megan Dickson, third-year microbiology major
“Honestly, probably someone in the profession I would like to do just to see what they do with their life. I want to work with infectious disease so it’d be cool to switch places with someone who works in a type 4 lab in the [World Health Organization] or [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] or something just to experience a day in the life.”
Emily Eddy, third-year biological sciences major
“Trump; I would say I was just kidding about everything. That’s what I would do.”
Jackson Gardner, fourth-year biological systems engineering major
“Maybe Donald Trump to see if he’s really just a smart person putting on an act or if he’s actually that insane.”
Alyssa Laury, second-year mechanical engineering major
“Tobin Heath – she’s a women’s national soccer player so that would be really cool.”
Savannah Woods, second-year human development major
“Yo-Yo Ma. I think that’d be really cool to just see his world and all the amazing cello things he’s doing.”
Written by: Fatima Siddiqui – features@theaggie.org
