A day in someone else’s shoes

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.”

“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