09-11-2009, 04:54 PM
Quote:There are some 300 million people in the U.S.. (what's the grammer rule about ending a sentence after an abbreviation - do you use 2 periods or just one, or are you not supposed to end a sentence with an abbreviation?) How many of them are on T.V.?
They may get more hype but that's nothing new. Benjamin Franklin wrote about how people would go out treasure hunting in his day because the few people who did find treasure got enormous amounts of publicity.
All this to say hoping to make it to T.V. is unlikely to get you money. It's like a lottery ticket.
I know...I was referring to a previous discussion I used to hijack thread with :blush:.
These are the examples that are mentioned when talking about the American dream....and these are the examples that children want to emulate.....even when they know chances are small.
Same applies for sports. Kandrathe often mentions the schools with little money to spend, but with a heated pool and state of the art sports fields. Nobody cares if you don't succeed in school as long as you are high schools best quarterback.......the fact that the NFL only has place for 30 quarterbacks in a given period doesn't bother most people.