January 10, 2008

  • "Are we failing the kids of the world?"
    Recently I heard on the radio about a poll that was conducted by a newspaper among 10 - 15 years old. It asked them to list their top ten of what's most important in life. Their list might shock and or amuse you, but it's definitely food for thought. Take a look.

    01. Being Famous
    02. Good Looks
    03. Being Rich
    04. Being Healthy
    05. Pop Music
    06. Family
    07. Friends
    08. Nice Food
    09. Watching Movies
    10. Heaven and or God

    Now I don't know about you, but that order is all screwy. Parents, you better keep an eye on your kids and educate them. Please. If the kids of today are our future, then maybe I should be worried.

Comments (5)

  • i think that's how it's been for awhile now. besides, give them a little slack, they're only 10-15. not exactly the ages they start worrying about real careers. in fact, i'd say those are the years you could ask them what their dreams are and maybe 10% of them will follow through while the rest of them will change their minds.

    haha they're lucky #10 even made it on the list.

  • That's never going to happen if parents keep throwing their kids in day care and to babysitters. Parents have no idea who their kids are anymore.

  • Hmmm... it's always been this way.  I was thinking the same thing until someone reminded me recently that I was part of the counter culture groups in high school and college so we had more worldly concerns.

    The majority of kids in the US think rather superficially, check out Breakfast Club and you'll see the same thing 20 years back.

  • I don't recall being famous as the number one thing though. Being rich, sure, being handsome/pretty, sure, but being popular wasn't always on top. Being famous was suppose to be the fortunate byproduct of being rich and handsome/pretty. Nowadays, kids think that they can be famous from some stupid video on youtube or myspace, and that's enough for them. Being the next "star wars kid" is enough for them, and that's sad.

  • I think people did want to be famous back through the ages as well.  It was usually just covered up in various other pursuits like, becoming a singer/musician, actor or finding a cure for some disease.  The only difference now is there's a shortcut called being an idiot on youtube. 

    This was predicted btw by Andy Warhol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame.  Now that it's attainable without much skill or effort (not sure, maybe there's a lot of effort and skill involved in being an idiot.  I'm pretty sure I can't get as famous as some people doing idiotic things) there's no reason to do anything meaningful.

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