Teenagers dream of fame over academic success, shows survey

TEENAGERS are resting their hopes and dreams for the future on fame rather than academic success.

A new survey shows 85% of boys and 80% of girls, aged between 13 and 19, want to be famous, while just 1% of the same group want to be politicians.

Almost half of all teenagers — 56% of boys and 40% of girls — said they would drop out of school if they had an opportunity to fulfil their dreams of fame.