A career in sports topped the list for elementary school students in a survey conducted by the Mandarin Daily News, with e-sports and social media influencer next in line, while teaching was among the 10 least popular choices.
The top 10 favored professions were professional athlete, e-sports, online influencer, doctor, baker or pastry chef, software programmer, painter, singer, computer engineer and stylist, the survey showed.
It ranked the professions according to how many votes they got in favor or against, meaning some professions were at both ends of the scale.
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The 10 least favored career paths were fisher, farmer, doctor, construction worker, animal and aquaculture worker, babysitter, architect, homemaker, teacher, clergy and driver, it showed.
Career preferences among junior-high students were similar to the elementary student list, with a few exceptions.
As with the elementary school student responses, doctor was among the most and least favored.
The Mandarin Daily News said that the results for doctor might be because the job offers high pay and social status, but there re concerns over medical disputes and long working hours.
Teaching was among the least popular for both groups, which the newspaper attributed to the long hours and patience required, with rewards that are not immediate.
Teachers must handle a variety of complex issues raised by parents and students, it said.
Children tend to like jobs they expect to be interesting, fun or well paid, and avoid ones they see as hard, risky or boring, it said.
That might be because this generation is surrounded by computers and electronic devices, providing them with diverse access to information, it said.
The survey was conducted online from March 5 to 25, garnering 1,582 valid respondents from 1,286 elementary students and 296 junior-high students.
The results were published on the Mandarin Daily News’ Web site, which also presented rankings of children’s favorite and least-liked professions, without providing exact percentages.
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