After sitting in my bed Saturday morning, I realized that my parents had their priorities all wrong. What were they thinking, not allowing me to have a television in my room and encouraging me to read, so I would be able to expand my vocabulary? What they should have been doing was sending me on auditions, or paying for voice lessons.

Where did I get this idea from? Well, this idea came to me after I flipped through the 50 something channels provided to me through Comcast and their luxurious basic cable feature. I continued to channel surf until I came upon something interesting. When this moment didn’t arrive, I settled for something like ABC Family or Nickelodeon, I can’t remember the station or the program. What I do remember is I was watching a show that was highlighting the top 10 child stars.

You may be wondering why am I writing about this, since most of us have surpassed the child category and have moved on to young adulthood. What could we have in common with these adolescents?

Absolutely nothing, especially since all of these youngsters make more money than any of us will ever see in our lives.

The list was comprised of Shad Moss, the pup who came to us as Lil’ Bow Wow and who would now like to be referred to as simply Bow Wow. The dog has five million records under his leash and is in the process of making a third album at the tender age of 16.

Then there were the once ugly, but now beautiful Olsen twins, who have certainly blossomed since their days on “Full House.” Lets face it, who would have ever thought these chubby-cheek girls would grow up to be billionaires before they had a driver’s license?

I have to admit, I admire these two the most because they are entrepreneurs. They don’t sing and dance; they act … and then sit back while smart business people arrange for them to rack up an unreasonable amount of money.

Last on my list is Frankie Muniz, the star of “Malcolm in the Middle,” who is reportedly going to earn $5 million for his role in the next “Cody Banks” movie. Five million dollars! All I want is a few thousand — is that too much to ask for?

As if that wasn’t enough, the little snot has a fleet of cars, one that is even valued at $100,000. Hey Frankie, how about you send that money this way; that would cover my tuition cost. I can’t help but think what is going through his mother’s mind. Why on earth would she allow a child to buy a vehicle for such an extraneous amount of money? If anything, I guess she should be lucky that he’s not snorting that money up his nose, or shooting it in his arm, but if he owns a car worth so much, what is he going to have to look forward to once he does become legal? For God’s sake, he’s only 17!

I wonder why I’m in college. It seems as if most of the people who are famous and make a lot of money are either college drop outs or have never set foot on a collegiate campus before. Examples of these types of people are Puff Daddy and Jennifer Lopez — who, coincidentally, are both college dropouts — and there are countless others who fall into the same situation.

The light bulb finally goes off in my head: I am in school because I cannot sing or act. So I will stay in school, waiting for my lucky break, which in my case would have to be collecting the winnings from a scratch ticket or winning the lotto.