One School Discouraged Kids Dressing As Internet Stars Because It's Too Ambitious

Should we discourage kids from having unrealistic dream careers?

A note was distributed around a primary school in southern England banning their students from dressing up as YouTube stars, pop singers and sportspeople for their career day, "My World of Work Day". The note deemed these professions as "great ambitions but so hard to achieve". 

Have a read of the ‘Special Note’ and then ignore it and let your children aspire to be whatever they want to be. Thanks mum and some of my teachers for supporting my aspirations when I was young! pic.twitter.com/fbfCPar12Y

— Jack Green (@jackpgreen) January 16, 2018

The note instead encouraged children to dress for regular, or "Plan B", jobs, which I guess is supposed to be anything other than those three options (and would include rocket scientists, brain surgeons and mathematicians).

It raised an argument on Twitter over whether it's fine to let children aim high when they're not actually going to be joining the workforce for at least a decade.

Should we not encourage the plan A and then educate and increase awareness of the journey it requires. Once you encourage that person you then create plan B, C, D and so on?

— Jack Green (@jackpgreen) January 16, 2018

If I saw that "Special Note", I'd do this. Let kids be what they want to be. #DareToDream pic.twitter.com/4BxfD0fMDp

— Sp0rtz_F@n (@Sp0rtz_Fan) January 16, 2018

I think they are just being polite here with 'Plan B'. They don't reckon the kids will achieve those things so want them to focus on a 'proper job' 🤔😔

— Emily Diamond (@EmilyDiamond11) January 16, 2018

Imagine being the person who wrote this letter and then having multiple students you taught grow to achieve the very things you said not to bother with. Imagine.

What do you think? Did dressing as a doctor or an astronaut affect your expectations of your career? Or was it more of a fun dress-up day with little implications?

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