Survey: Teaching most popular career choice for children

Soldier is the coolest job for children, as well as teacher, doctor, farmer, athlete & policeman.

CHILDHOOD DREAMS 

Survey: Teaching most popular career choice for children

10/01/2017

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Teaching as a career has overtaken the long popular favourite profession choice of being a doctor for Thai children.

Respondent students said they wanted to help educate children and teach them to be good people.

The profession of doctor, which topped the previous seven surveys, came in second by a narrow margin, followed by being a soldier, an athlete and a police officer.

Being a professional athlete was still a popular choice. Children liked to play sports, which kept them healthy and they could earn an above average income as a professional.

Other children wanted to be farmers, inspired by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his concepts.

Many also wanted to serve as a soldier for the King.

NEW CAREER CHOICES: ANIMATOR & PRO VIDEO GAME CASTER 

Among the new career choices popular with respondents this year was being a professional animator, because they loved watching cartoons.

For those who liked playing computer games, being a professional video game caster or commentator was popular, playing and testing games and putting them in video format to stream via online channels like YouTube. 

SOLDIER IS THE COOLEST JOB 

When asked what was the coolest job they could imagine, being a soldier came out on top, followed by police officer, doctor, footballer and teacher. 

Asked about their salary expectations, most said 15,000-30,000 baht a month.

IF PRIME MINISTER, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 

Asked what the first ‘three things they would do’ if they were prime minister, most of their answers were  the same as last year:

1. Develop the country,

2. Help people in general and those in need, and

3. Reform the education system.

IDOLS: PARENTS, THE LATE KING & RONALDO

Their own parents remained their idols - as they raised and taught them to be a good person.

The late  King Bhumibol was their next choice as an idol, because he spent his life working for the good of his people.

Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for the Spanish club Real Madrid and   Portugal's national team, was in third place.

TOP COUNTRIES AFTER THAILAND: JAPAN, US, ENGLAND & FRANCE 

Thailand was the country they most favoured to live in, followed by Japan, then the US, England and France. 

These findings are part of the eighth annual survey by recruitment firm Adecco Group Thailand.

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