Britney Spears: If I Weren't Famous, I'd Be a Teacher
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Yes ma'am, Ms. Spears.
What would Britney Spears be doing today if she weren't a pop star? Teaching! In an interview with PopJustice.com, the 29-year-old mother of two opens up about the career choices she might've made if she hadn't reached international stardom at a young age.
"I'd probably be a teacher," she tells the site. "I love kids, and even in what I do now one of my favorite parts of my day is getting to meet my fans before the show. Especially the little ones. They are always so cute."
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"I'd specialize in reading and history," she says, adding that her favorite historical period is the 1920s.
So even if "Baby One More Time" had just been a one-hit-wonder back in 1998, Spears says she'd still be "raising my family [and] being a mom" today.
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Her sons Sean Preston, 5, and Jayden, 4, are her top priority. "I'm very strong in the way I raise my kids and stuff," she says. "So [even if I weren't famous] it would probably be pretty much the same."
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If either of her sons ever wants to pursue a career in the industry, she'll let them follow in her footsteps. "I'd definitely keep an eye on them, but if that's what they wanted to do then I'd let them go after it," she says. "I'd just be very protective."
"I wouldn't want them to go into it feeling fearful, and also nobody can really prepare you for this industry and what you experience," she says. "So I'd just have to trust that they have the instincts to know what's right and wrong and help guide them along the way. I think I have the experience."
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24Just reading about the erratic behavior of Ms. Spears over the last 10 years, I'm not sure she would have made a good teacher. But then again, there are some skeletons in the closet of many teachers I know. Interesting story. Eric Bloom Why Become A Teacher
I can't picture it.
Glad she's famous.
Not for my kid.
That's like me saying if I weren't selling Honda cars in Clifton NJ, I'd be a famous singer. comicdaverusso.blogspot
Yes I agree the ppl here are so stupid and annoying! She said if she wasn't a superstar she'd be a teacher, meaning that would be her occupation. She would go to school and become a teacher duh! Plus she's a great person. I'm sure she'd be a great teacher. She already is a great mom!
ppl are so dumb on here, she didn't say she is ready to be a teacher, or is smart enough to be one. she just said she'd probably be. obviously she would have to go to school for that or something.
Good thing for all the kids in the world she is famous, even tho she can't sing either LOL
Glad she famous, wouldn't want her teaching my kid anything.
Yikes! Thank god you're famous then.
Britney Spears: "If I Weren't Famous, I'd Be a Teacher" : Than why not just be a famous teacher? Uh, duh..........maybe thats why? You're not smart enough.............
All the boys would of been hittin on her too, ha! Leave the girl alone, dam! She's changed her life around for the better...at least she's not a repeat offender like some...hear me Lindz?
Does she know that teachers need a good education, discipline, good nerves, and most important, a brain? Uuu, little kids are so cute....she still is so painfully naive and dumb and really has absolutely no clue.
She would be one dumb ass teacher.
On behalf of teachers everywhere...please, please...keep singing.
I love how she says she "raises" her boys. More like they just visit her.
Honestly I'm surprised with all she's been through, and actually crying more than a little in an interview with Matt Lauer saying she wishes more than ANYTHING that the paparazzi would leave her alone, that she would encourage them to follow a dream of show biz
I agree with you Saundra! She is really stepping up for her boys :) I think she has become a great mom! Who cares that she is a "singer". She actually hasnt been in the news with BAD things lately!!
Oh dear God...she hasn't a clue...
I am so glad that she has finally grown up and gotten away from the drugs and the wild partying. I didn't like her before, but now I am in her court!!!