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> Ask 100 ten-year-olds what they want to do, and I’d guess 99 of them will say something that’s related to becoming rich or famous: A musician, YouTuber, actor
by ISL 4y ago
> Ask 100 ten-year-olds what they want to do, and I’d guess 99 of them will say something that’s related to becoming rich or famous: A musician, YouTuber, actor, NBA player, Elon Musk, and so forth.
People actually do ask this question of large numbers of kids regularly. Here's one:
https://www.approvedcourse.com/when-i-grow-up/ https://www.approvedcourse.com/when-i-grow-up/
Top three in that survey were doctor, teacher, astronaut. (I have read other surveys where YouTuber was high on the list -- my point here is that there actually are surveys, no need to speculate about their results.)
- somenameforme 4y agoThat wasn't asked of kids, that was asked of adults to recall what they wanted to be when they were kids, which is going to result in different answers. Lego, through Harris polling, ran this poll [1] internationally not that long ago and the results were stereotypical. Respondents were allowed to pick multiple dream careers: --- China: Astronaut - 56% Teacher - 52% Musician - 47% --- US: Youtuber - 30% Teacher - 25% Pro Athlete - 21% --- [1] - https://www.businessinsider.com/american-kids-youtube-star-astronauts-survey-2019-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/american-kids-youtube-star-a...
- rufus_foreman 4y agoI've always wanted to be an astronaut musician. Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...