I have to say that there have been some successful stars who went to college, while still staying in the public eye. The young woman from Wonder Years who is an Alpha Delta Pi, Danika McKellar (sp?) and Jerry O'Connell who is now back in school to get a law degree. Claire Danes went to school, as well as, Natalie Portman. I think it is incredible to be so successful and still choose to go to college. It is too bad that we push college on kids, not for the educational aspect of learning but, more for the money aspect. The message should be that you should go to college to LEARN and not necessarily make money.

Yep, Danica McKellar was on NCIS last night.

That's the message to take home, kiddies. :)

Oh...Thank you! I knew I was spelling it wrong! See, she even has a Ph.D. in Science, as far as I know. Once again, please don't quote me on this one because I'm not 100% sure. Maybe one of the ladies from ADPi can answer that one.

On the flipside of that, I think it's WORSE that some kids get convinced that athletics or entertainment is their only out and they should 'use their talent' to make as much money as they can. While I don't exactly knock it, I think when kids are told that it's their way out (as well as the fast way) someone along the line forgets to let these kids know to be prepared for disappointment along the way and that their talent is still only a dime a dozen.

And doesn't Emma Watson go to Brown?

I think she's a Mathematician.

Amen, ree-Xi. :)

ETA: I hear ya, DaemonSeid. Sports and music aren't the only ways to make money, neither are they immediate ways to make money. What parents need to teach kids is that there are no quick fixes or easy money. What's important is to make the investment in your future, which includes some type of secondary education (not necessarily a traditional college or university) and building a skillset. People can take your job and even your career but they can't take what you have learned.

Or wiki. Math degree, summa cum laude. She's written the books about how Math Doesn't Suck.

This.

Exaclty..think about all the one hit wonders out there in entertainment and sports....Maurice Clarrett anyone?

I think so, but I don't think she does much acting outside of Harry Potter right now. A few outside roles but she's one of the incredibly lucky plucked from obscurity and now set for life actors.

And she just started in Fall 2009 since she took a gap year. She chose school over being a full-time actress per her quotes. Makes sense, she probably wants to be 'normal.'

Hell I'd take being worth 10 million pounds and having 2 more movies on the way, guaranteed and then retire myself. But I'm lazy.

*ed lover voice* cmon son.

DS: the GCer who cried race war.

LMAO can someone make a .gif out of this?

The time spent "making it" without going to college, you couldve... went to college. Remember that phrase "stay in school, don't be a fool?"

yeah, still applies.

I do think she takes modeling gigs once in a while.

ehh, close enough...

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You read my mind! I just watched "The Blind Side" and thought that throughout the movie. It made me smile when Michael went to Ole Miss and made the Dean's List, with the help of a tutor. Not only did he have athletics, he also had education (with help from tutors and teachers who cared). On a side note: That movie made me smile.

I refuse to see that movie. I'm sure it's excellent.