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Originally Posted by Peverel
The only time I have an issue with it is when I hear children saying they want to be famous as if it was a career. I recently read a report on-line that outlined some statistics about the number of children aged 12 who said they wanted to be 'famous' when the grew up. I am kicking myself now as I can't find it so I can't quote the right figures but it was a decent size sample and the figures where around the 40% to 50. % mark. Now that I can live with, they still have a lot of growing up to do, the bit I struggled with was that the number 1 reason for wanting to be famous was that you "got loads of money without having to work" (I paraphrase). That worries me..........
Mind you, I struggle with the fact a singer or footballer can earn more in a week than a doctor earns in a year so maybe it's me with the problem.........
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Almost every child in any or my elementary level classes would tell you they want to be "famous" no matter what their chosen profession (at the time) and all of them would tell you they want to be rich. It's the hype they see and don't really understand what it's all about.