Many celebrities come out to say they didn't /they don't have to go to school or university to become famous and wealthy . This needs educators to reform the education system to prevent potential celebrities drop out of school and in the same time support talented students who are still in schools.
There are also a number of celebrities whose lives were short-lived or deteriorated because of their chosen lifestyle, probably because they did not have enough knowledge to manage their wealth and lifestyle choices. Therefore, being a celebrity without education does not mean that life will be "a bed of roses."
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Debra
Celebrities don't have to tell us that they did not need education to promote them to such global positions in football, show biz, and other areas. Reforming the educational systems will never prevent these from dropping out; they will always do. But the big question is how many celebrities effectively exist world-wide as compared to the ensemble of young people seeking a university degree and a job? Only very few can count on celebrity to solve their problems, and young people should take with some suspicion those who talk to them into quitting education to become a celebrity. If education is a time-consuming process, it is still rewarding in the long run. Celebrity is often short-lived.
There are also a number of celebrities whose lives were short-lived or deteriorated because of their chosen lifestyle, probably because they did not have enough knowledge to manage their wealth and lifestyle choices. Therefore, being a celebrity without education does not mean that life will be "a bed of roses."
Best regards,
Debra
I agree with the excellent view of Prof. Debra. I know of countless celebrities who earned a lot to have enjoyed wealth but were empty because of poor managers or theivery from promoters because of their lack of education! Education is still the influential element for success.
Surely, these celebrities are the antithesis of the values of education we imbibe and give to others as many are there through recognition not hard work in the sense of writing, painting or learning every day. Clearly, their prominence and success is due to modern media, which selects and modifies image.
While education insists on substance many deny that: while education insists on the prime importance of intelligence (expressed academically) many celebrities prove the vacuity of our claims.
I perfectly agree with Debra Sharon, Dickson Adom and the others on this issue. We have an endless list of celebrities who because of the value of education have lent their philanthropic hands to opening schools. While some, like famed rapper Pitbull, have opened charted schools in their home communities, others, like actress Angelina Jolie, have founded schools in disadvantaged communities.
Latin American sensation Shakira has been an advocate for education causes. Using funds from her nonprofit organization, she has opened schools in her native country of Colombia and also lobbied Latin American leaders to support early childhood education. Other celebrities in the list include Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Deion Sanders, Oprah Winfrey, and Petra Nemcova.
Celebrities who think they can succeed without education are but a few out of the lot in the world. To borrow the words of Dickson Adom, ‘Education is still the influential element for success’
Education is your cue to all the communication you'll ever make in your life- even reading the blogs and vlogs of celebrities mourning their long ago pasts. I'd hedge my bets and keep my options open with what you need to know for the life you are living now and in the future, if I were young again!.
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