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The old saying “be careful what you wish for” may be an appropriate warning. The drive to achieve a particular goal can dangerously narrow one’s perspective and encourage the fantasy that success in one endeavor will solve all of life’s difficulties. In fact, success can sometimes have unexpected consequences. Those who propel themselves toward the achievement of one goal often find that their lives are worse once “success” is achieved than they were before. Assignment: Can success be disastrous? Source: The Official SAT Study Guide, The College Board, 2009

Every one has heard of Lindsey Lohan, and Miley Cyrus, and Charlie Sheen. Although these are only a few celebrities, they were all and still might be successful, they began to slip and do awful things. They may do anything from drugs to stealing. Success can be very disastrous because people forget where they come from, they may leave their true friends, and become big headed.

A majority of celebrities come from an average or low income families. Some had rough childhoods, and others had fine childhoods. But, once they found their way into the spot light, many forget what their life was like before they achieved their success. Although some needed to forget their past, they may look down on others that were once in the same situation as them. They only seem to care about the present and future. They never look back on the past, which saddens the people that they left behind.

Celebrities also tend to only hangout with other famous people. They may forget who their true friends are. They befriend other celebrities because they want to be in the lime light. Celebrities often become fake when they become successful. They do not know who their real friends are. People tend to use them to become more famous or for many other reasons. By the time they realize this, they miss their old friends, and more often then not, they cannot get them back. They are long gone.

There are only a handful of celebrities that the world has not heard of doing drugs or any other illegal things. They think just because they are famous they can do anything without being punished. Many seem to think that the rules don’t apply to them. Just because they have money, they feel they can buy their way out of anything. People think money solves every problem, but many times, it does not even come close.

Celebrities are becoming awful role models for young children and there seems to be no way to hide them from it. Some people are able to handle success very well. The other 80 percent of successful people crumble, or crack under the pressure. They do not know what to do. They end up making horrible decisions therefore making success catastrophic! People need to learn to stay true to themselves and not go crazy, even though they have tons of money. Money can’t buy everything!!!