• Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    edit-2
    8 hours ago

    18+52+37+47+56=210 for China. Each child could pick up to 3 answers. The average number of jobs the Chinese children picked was 2.

    For USA/UK the average was about 1. Very few children selected more than one answer.

    That’s weird. What a weird poll. Were there only 5 possible choices? I would have told you I wanted to be a veterinarian at that age, if I answered at all. (I did not become a vet, I became a failure lmao)

    • Redex@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      6 hours ago

      It’s also possible that these aren’t all of the available answers and they only selected the ones they thought are interesting.

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      8 hours ago

      I wanted to be an electrical engineer, then I saw all the math and settled for electrician, then I saw all the math and settled for Janitor

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 hours ago

        I wanted to be a naval pilot engineer at four. I’m colorblind, terrified of heights, not fond of authority, sloppy, and scatterbrained as hell. It’s quite possibly the worst possible job for me. To be fair, part of the reason was that I hated the word “bellybutton” and thought anyone who said ”navel” instead had the right idea, so it’s not like I really understood that part of it.

    • ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      7 hours ago

      It says all the children were given an option to pick up to 3 answers. Given the small sample size, it’s likely there were questioned by the same person and that person didn’t convey that to children properly.

      Or they are all very focused on only 1 path.