英国：学生过度崇拜明星影响学业

秦　勇

An unhealthy obsession with celebrity culture is damaging the academic success of British students, a survey of teachers found recently, with celebrity couple the Beckhams the favorite inspiration.

Many students are ignoring career aspirations to pursue the chance of fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.

Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity most pupils wanted to emulate while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.

Soccer play “Becks” topped the poll, with more than half the teachers saying their students modeled themselves on the 32 year-old. In second place, with almost a third of the polls vote, was his 33 year-old wife and pop star “Posh.”

In an era of reality television “stars” and a media fixation with celebrities, a majority of teachers said celebrity culture negatively impacted the aspirations of their pupils.

Almost half of the 300 teachers polled said pupils tried to look like or behave like celebrities they most admired, fuelling fears that girls particularly dressed in “unsuitable” or provocative styles.

“We are not surprised about infiltration of celebrity culture in schools — it reflects the current media obsession with celebrity and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole,” ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement.

“Celebrities can have a positive effect on pupils. They can raise pupilsaspirations and ambitions for the future.”

“However … celebrity culture can perpetuate the notion that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforces the belief that other career options arenot valuable.”

英国最近公布的一项对教师的调查发现，英国学生对明星的过度“痴迷”影响到了他们的学业。调查发现，“小贝”夫妇是英国学生最崇拜的明星。

这项由英国教师与讲师协会开展的调查发现，很多学生由于追逐一朝成名的机会而忽视了正常的成才之路。

近三分之二的教师称，大多数学生最想成为体育明星，一半以上的学生梦想成为流行歌星。

民调结果显示，足球巨星贝克汉姆最受学生崇拜，一半以上的受访教师称他们的学生以这位32岁的足球明星为榜样。小贝的爱妻、33岁的流行歌星“高贵辣妹”以三分之一的得票率名列第二。

多数受访教师称，在电视上选秀明星大行其道、媒体大肆宣传明星的今天，名人文化对学生的志向产生了不良影响。

在300名受访教师中，近一半的人称一些学生在外表或举止上效仿自己崇拜的明星，一些女孩着装“不当”或富于挑逗性，令人忧心如焚。

英国教师与讲师协会秘书长玛丽·鲍斯蒂德在一份声明中说：“明星文化深入校园其实并不奇怪——这体现了媒体过于关注名人的现状及名人文化对整个社会的影响。”

“名人可以给学生带来积极影响。他们能激励学生们梦想未来。”

“然而，名人文化也会助长一种错误观念，即‘成为明星才是最大成功，从事其它行业都没有价值。”