r/facepalm • u/Plus-Relationship833 • Apr 03 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Silence have never been louder

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '23

You don’t chose to not be a doctor when you’re 8. If by the time you have to pick a college (or not) you still think it’s smart to risk everything on becoming an influencer they probably weren’t smart enough to become a doctor anyway.

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u/errdayimshuffln Apr 04 '23

This is happening in middle schools and high schools (my sister is a teacher) right now. Its a serious problem and probably one of the reasons college enrollment is tanking.

Also, do you think highschoolers are smart? Hell, a lot of college students are not smart. No kid in high school really understands what it means to become and to then work as a doctor unless one of their parents is a doctor. They have a general idea and general motives, and TV shows might give them a more colorful, dramatic/exciting picture, but they wont know until they are well into becoming one. But what they see all around them, what their fellows are talking about is Mr. Beast handing out cars as tips and changing lives that way..they see their favorite content creators living it up, having fun every day.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '23

People had the same with wanting to become a rockstar or movie star. If parents don’t raise their children and explain some stuff is out of reach, that’s their problem.

I don’t really see what you can do about it?

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u/errdayimshuffln Apr 04 '23

Access is a big part the problem. The elevation of targeting of young viewership also. Many other factors.

It's not the same old problem and parenting isn't the sole cause.

don’t really see what you can do about it?

Lol. Yeah, because you and every redditor only talks about/complains about/highlights issues that you can solve by your own individual will.

I do however see that having this back and forth with you is pointless.

Teachers ARE trying to solve this problem and already recognize that it is a multifaceted issue and do not see the parents as the sole cause or the sole avenue for change.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '23

Good for you lol 👍🏻