With more schools offering classes on how to start and run abusiness, students in fifth through 12th grade are very optimisticabout becoming entrepreneurs one day.

According to findings from the 2012 Gallup-HOPE Index, a joint project to encourageentrepreneurial development among youth, based on a nationallyrepresentative survey of 1,217 students, 43% said they plan tostart their own businesses.

The poll also found that students understood the value ofeducation, with 93% agreeing that there is a relationship betweenthe level of education and earning potential.

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