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9 things high schoolers say they want to be when they grow up

Áine Cain   

9 things high schoolers say they want to be when they grow up
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Here's what high schoolers today want to be when they grow up.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

It's a question that's pretty familiar to most kids. And as young people go through high school and set their sights beyond graduation, it becomes all the more important.

Recently, The Boy Scouts of America's co-ed career development program Exploring released a report detailing the occupations that the younger generation aspires to.

The almost 152,000 survey participants ranged from eighth graders to the twelfth graders and were given 209 possible careers to choose from, which explains why the percentages for the top jobs are so low.

Here are the jobs that high schoolers have their eyes on right now:


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