Posted on 10/11/2023 6:21:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
What do you want to be when you grow up?
This supposedly innocent question has been lobbed at children and teenagers for decades, although the answers might differ now due to the rise of social media and the possibility of achieving worldwide fame not being confined to appearing on the big screen or arena stages anymore.
As Statista's Florian Zandt reports, according to a 2021 survey by YouGov weighted by age and gender, teenage boys and girls in the United States share some similarities when it comes to their dream job - even though the top spots couldn't be further away from each other.
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12 percent of male teens listed professional athlete as their preferred future job, followed by 11 percent who wanted to become an online content creator.
Classic dream jobs like musician (six percent) and doctor or nurse (five percent) still made the top 5, albeit barely.
For females, the latter seems to be the most coveted future job, with 13 percent of teenage girls wanting to become a medical professional, while 11 percent put actress as their dream occupation.
The fact that becoming a YouTuber, streamer or vlogger made the top five for participants of both genders shows the rapid development of financial and societal clout attributed to online personalities, for better or worse.
According to Influencer Marketing Hub, the market size for influencer marketing has doubled since 2019 and was valued at $16.4 billion worldwide in 2022.
Putin? BiXiden? The Burn? Fauxcahauntus?
LOL! Good boy!
The Male listing is truly sad, and the Female listing, other than the top spot, isn’t much better.
They all need to study the history of King Jan Sobieski and Charles Martel, et. al. or they are DONE.
How is OnlyFans chick missing?
What do the other genders want to be?
Young and dumb. Sounds about right.
Boys seek careers that reward merit. But they see, and are told, that American institutions do not reward merit.
It's no coincidence that the top 4 occupations desired by boys all demand merit, but in all 4 cases, merit is judged by a popular audience; none of them require institutional recognition of merit.
According to the Mainstream Marxist Media “the opposite sex”
My almost 14 year old granddaughter has her heart set on military. Doesn’t know which branch yet.
I have always thought that there should be a course in the US economy in the 8th or 9th grade. One part would be an overview of the job market: what the jobs in each sector are, what they, and what skills are required. Maybe teenage boys don’t aspire to become an optometrist, say, or a tax accountant, but they might start to think differently if they saw the number of jobs available, the pay, and what they had to do to qualify.
But most guys get realistic when they reach 18. I had a buddy at work who told me he didn’t know what to do with his 16-year old son - all he wanted to do was watch TV and play the drums. I lost touch, and then ran into him 12 years later. His son had just gotten his CPA and was doing well at a major accounting firm.
Whatever they aren’t at that moment?
He misspelled “current, commie teachers” .
I would think that high the list of career goals for today’s young people would be employment equity counselor or chief diversity officer.
Mom asked a group of third graders what they wanted to be or do when they grew up. One little boy said he wanted to be on welfare and ride horses. Momma said that was not a job. He went home and told his mother. Momma got in trouble for allegedly disrespecting the kid and his lifestyle ambition. That was about 25 years ago.
Alive ...
They can also choose vocations of the priesthood, diaconate or consecrated life as a nun or sister or monk.
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