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Originally posted by 9dstpm
Re: Fantasia
I'm glad that she stood up and said that she had a problem and that she was getting help, but I have to wonder how this is going to look to the kids I work with. They already don't want to be anything except singers, rappers, and ball players and don't put forth any effort into school as it is. I keep telling them how important education is and how important staying in school is. Then they'll see her and think, "well if she dropped out of school and made it, then I can too." It's frustrating.
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One possible angle to take is stressing to the students how not knowing how to read increases the possibility of being taken advantage of by unscrupulous people. Fantasia may have "made it", but how can she "keep it" if she doesn't have an understanding of the things (i.e. contracts) that she signs? This leaves her at the mercy of her accountant, attorney, agent, etc.
It's hard enough keeping a firm grip on financial matters when you're literate, but it makes it doubly hard when you're illiterate.
This can be a sort of financial "scared straight."
