<p>GPMom- my D worked at 2 jobs this summer to save money for school. The problem is that one of them was at Anthropologie where she gets 40% - guess where her paychecks went?</p>
<p>Classical- I agree. I would never want these kids to do something else because it is more “practical” and then go thru life wondering if they could have made it. I say go for it and it will all work out. So few of us at 18 or 20 (or 50+) are so passionate about what we know we would like to do with our lives. These kids all have so much perserverance and drive that they will be successful with whatever they decide to do. Our older 2 are more traditionally practical- a teacher and an engineer. Then we have the MT major. And lastly, the 14 year old who is going to be a professional soccer player, and if that falls thru, his back-up is to be the head athletic trainer for the Lakers. That is a kid with his feet on the ground! We will all look back in 10-15 years and say “what were we ever worried about?”</p>