So You Want Your Child/Student to become Famous?

Why?

• - To realize your own frustrated ambitions?
• - To help them realize theirs?
• - Because it is a side-effect of helping them to achieve other goals?
• - Famous people are not, on average, happier than other people.
• - Nor do they necessarily contribute more to society.

Fame Depends on Interests

• Outstanding actors, athletes, musicians and writers become famous
• Outstanding dentists, accountants and undertakers do not
• with Doc Holliday as the exception that proves the rule

How To Become a Surgeon

When you hear about surgery do you think of 'Greys Anatomy'? 'Holby City'? In reality surgery is not always so glamorous or so dramatic (but is definitely as exciting!) A surgeon will divide their time between several key functions:

Ward rounds

A daily visit to check on the state and progress of each of the patients in their care, liaising with nursing staff and junior doctors.

The operating theatre

Working on pre-booked elected operations and/or emergency cases as part of a team which will include other surgeons, anesthetists, technicians, nurses, administrators all working together to ensure the best possible outcome for the patient.

How To Become a Teacher

Some teachers say they teach out of a desire to help children learn and grow and to make a contribution to society. Others say they have a sense of commitment to the community or the nation, an intellectual fascination with a particular discipline (e.g., mathematics or history), or they have been inspired by one of their own teachers. Who was your favorite teacher? Was it Ms. Perez who made mathematics fun and showed you why it was important? Or maybe it was Mr. Anderson who challenged you to do your best. Perhaps you were a student with special needs and a special education teacher made a difference in your life.

Why did you like these teachers? What was it about how they reached you, what they expected of you, what classroom atmosphere or learning experience they created that made them so memorable? They cared about you, they believed in you, they wanted you to learn, and they challenged you to learn. Now it can be your turn to inspire the next generation of students.

How to become a hacker?

Why Be a Hacker?

Hacking has shown up in kitchens as chefs use liquid nitrogen as the cooling agent to make perfect ice cream or when they hack food to make tomato fries with potato sauce as the ketchup or just need to make something they don't have the right equipment for...

Chemists have been hacking elements and compounds for centuries. By nature molecules are finicky when it comes to how they behave in different environments (hot weather, cold weather, on mountains, or deep beneath the ocean), so chemists need to deeply understand the properties of the chemicals they have, so they can try to hack together the one they need. Nowhere is this more evident than in the invention of new pharmaceuticals, where hundreds of plants in a region are studied for their chemical properties from roots to fruits, and extracted and combined with others to make new medicines. Then they try again and again, sometimes for years, to get the combinations right and make it do what they want it to do.