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I wanna be a Rockstar!


WITH teenagers across Swindon anxiously awaiting their exam results in the next few weeks, many will be thinking about their future careers.

The learning and Skills Council recently undertook a poll of 2,500 students, which showed that popular career choices for young people included TV celebrity, famous pop star and Premier League football player.

A shocking one in four of the teens surveyed believed that education was unimportant in pursuing their future careers.

The least popular career choices were sales, manufacturing and military.

  • But what do you think, should our teenagers have more realistic goals? Have your say below


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