"Reality" Ruined Real Life

 I saw a little girl (maybe 11 or 12) wearing a t-shirt that read "future reality star." Normally I love to see slogans on t-shirts (Halos & Harlots) but this one made me SMH. Since when has becoming a reality star been a career goal? Oh yeah when Kate Gosselin made $250,000 per episode for Jon & Kate +8 or Snooki made $30,000 per episode for The Jersey Shore. Gone are the days when kids said they wanted to be lawyers or doctors when they grew up. Even teachers!!! But reality stars? Geez. And Kim Kardashian is the queen of the fame whores reality stars. She made $6 million in endorsements alone. Uh for what...she's fun to look at but take that away and what does she really have? I can't hear you over the symphony of crickets and tumbleweeds. Now her and her sisters are pushing silly bandz-a product directed towards kids. When did it become ok for a woman who drops trou ever 5 seconds to start hawking products directed towards the youth? I know it's a parent's responsibility and all to guide their kids blah, blah, blah but there are stupid susceptible teenagers out there who may think the only ticket to fame and fortune is a sex tape or embarrassing their entire family tree on national television. I guess we (society) has made it easy to choose- $30,000 per episode on MTV or $35,000+ a year as a police officer? A Grammy or a Nobel Peace Prize? I've never seen Liu Xiabo on the cover of 5 mags at the checkout. (He's last years Nobel Laureate. I only know that because I proofread a kid's school project.) Maybe I'm reading to deep into a kid's wardrobe but the next time you see a little girl sticking her butt out and going HAM for attention you'll say hmmm.