{"id":805,"date":"2012-10-23T14:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:11:46","slug":"dont-believe-the-celebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/dont-believe-the-celebs\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Believe the Celebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities and children have a sordid history together. From the notorious Hollywood parties which went on until the 1960&#8217;s at least, to the latest scandals at the BBC, celebrities are all in it together, leading everyone blindly up a path littered with glitter and thrown off clothes.<br \/>\nWhen they do their things for charity, think about the surprise waiting for them in their dressing rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities and children have a sordid history together. From the notorious Hollywood parties which went on until the 1960&#8217;s at least, to the latest scandals at the BBC, celebrities are all in it together, leading everyone blindly up a path &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/dont-believe-the-celebs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-cZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":314,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/09\/u2-to-stay-together-until-they-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":805,"position":0},"title":"U2 to Stay Together Until They Die","author":"taxicle","date":"September 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Get on with it then and die.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":803,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/bankers-without-a-clue\/","url_meta":{"origin":805,"position":1},"title":"Bankers Without a Clue","author":"taxicle","date":"October 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I tell all my students, 'During an exam, if you haven't got a clue, multiply all the numbers together'. 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