Have we lost our way?

Hi p1kef1sh! Maybe it's because they see it being glamourized so much. You can see it all over the tv, they make it seem as if it's so much fun, and who wouldn't want to have fun and make big money. Very rarely do you see the dark side. Sometimes it does seem as if we have lost our way. And if it was 1% that would be to much.

hi pikefish thats very interesting and a bit upsetting for 'thinking Brits I am sure. Of course a country does need young p eople going into the manufacturing industry. maybe they need to make it more appealing to the younger generationI am not sure whether or not you have lost your way but I am sure every country needs to be able to export to keep up with the world wide market.Lap Dancing is not going to cut it nor modeling either. somebody has to work in the manufacturing industry.

I'd like to actually see this poll, because I simply don't believe it. The majority of young girls today aspire to be much more than lap dancers or glamour models. They're young and yet some of them are more intelligent than 40 year old males. I don't know where you're getting this idea that youth today only want to be on television shows but that's far from the truth. Our youth today are more concerned with the environment and the future than adults are and they know what steps need to be taken to protect both.

Piky..its the world we live in,albeit a mess sometimes !If all the young girls want to be supermodels and X factor champions etc..then who s going to be the lovely little face that stands behing the bakery counter and serves us with our bread?are all of those jobs now going to be seen as tooo menial?but yes its all very well for us to want our children to become a Doctor,an accountant,or whatever,but the main thing is that they are happy in doing it!The aspirations of the young are far higher now,and no longer are they prepared to settle for anything less than the creme de la creme..and if they all strive for that then we will be in a right mess!!

Hi p1kef1sh, In our days when asked what would you likt be when leave school? the anwers woulbe a doctor a nurse a pilot all sorts of professions and they do study for it but now the education is bad some of them cannot spell their own names and girls are more interested in being a Wag or have I lost touch with modern days? it is so sad now lapdancing indeed. Tamara

i find it difficult to try and judge the current state of the human race. for the most part i've figured that we all have our preferences and goals in life and that judgment of those who make decisions e would not is unfair in almost all levels. i respect those who have enough courage to follow their dreams, even if they go through somewhat humiliating means to try and get them, because at least they're trying. what i'm amazed and appalled at, though, are those people who are willing to purposely humiliate themselves and make themselves appear less than human just for a little piece of fame in a reality show that will get them absolutely nothing in terms of career support afterwards.

We lost our way years ago. We used to be able to be proud of our manufacturing industry, we knew things may be expensive but they would be well made and safe. Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers and now we can't even claim to be good at that.

I do see where you're coming from pal. My husband's niece is 17 and for the last 4 or 5 years she's always talked about wanting to become a model. Now she is 17 and luckily is doing well enough in school to know that she wants to go into medicine and we've always jokingly told her that she can't get involved in modelling until she's finished her medical degree. She bought that when she was younger but now she's a bit more mature and knows we were kidding but also she has matured and realises through talking with all of her friends that she's not the only one who aspired to get into modelling and it's really not a respectable career generally! I don't care if people jump down my throat for saying this but I wouldn't want a daughter of mine getting involved in the seedy world of modelling... There are far better things to aspire to!

LAP DANCERS!!! LAP DANCERS!!! Gods I hope these little girls have NO CLUE what A LAP DANCER IS!!!!

Sure we have lost our way. But there will always be people who go into manufacturing for one reason or another. Not everyone has the brains , money or the patience to go through 100 years of school to make the big bucks. The thing is there needs to be more respect given to the hard workers in this world. Without them, we wouldn't have all the "stuff" we need to get by.

Damn straight we have. What worries me is that the social/political pendulum which used to swing left to right on a fairly regualr and timely basis now seems to have swung 'out there' so far that there is no going back. Bodes rather poorly for the future of our social/political infrastructures. All great civilizations eventually fail. Have we learned NOTHING from our collective history to teach us to avoid a repeat? Apparently not. Implosion is inevitable I'm afraid. Thank god I'm not too old to see it happen, but am too old to live long enough to clean up the mess! LOL

Oh pike you have me in fits of laughter at times..you ask if we have lost our way in the UK..the answer is a big resounding YES..we did a long time ago it makes me wonder did we ever find the RIGHT way littleowl

It does seem everyone these days is desperate for their 'fifteen minutes of fame'. Probably because celebrities are being thrust down our throats 24/7 and there's no escaping it! My son, however, is happy to be in the 'manufacturing industry'. What does he make, you ask ... He makes a mess.

The media may have something to do with it. The big fuss given to such programs and the sensationalism attached to it plus the money involved might have made an impression amongst our young people. There are still other factors which have to be considered though such as their peers, family and the community as a whole.