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.

Teenagers dream of fame over academic success, shows survey

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.

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