| Yes, our kids all ask themselves these questions. And many of our kids read these forums. I hope none of the ones who got rejections are reading today. I'm willing to let them get their training and I mean let all of them have a chance to get training, and then let the market determine their success. It will be very interesting to see who ends up working, who sticks it out to even get to that point, and who ends up not finding their dream even though some professor at a top tier school deemed them talented. Surely all of us are old enough and experienced enough to realize you can't judge the talent of these children and their future based on a 3 minute period of time in front of 5 people on a given day. How naive to think that is enough to determine whether a person will excell. that's not enough time to determine talent, much less determination, charm, presence, acting ability, perserverance, attitude, integrity, and a multitude of other characteristics that determine success. And, of course, what about all the discussions discussing the schools filling their particular needs for gender and body type. And what in the world has happened to that prevailing attitude of support and encouragement purported to be so strong in this forum. |