Having doubts about daughter's choices

Knowsstuff
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:06:03 +0000

@amymariemom23. Wherever she goes then she really needs to be with her “peeps”. Chicago is a great theater /music town. I am sure the school is locked in for internships in her field. There are not many schools that have good programs for her field. Once she is around a community surrounded around the arts, I think you will see motivation that you never knew she had.

First look at the curriculum at Columbia and use that to compare to the other schools you are looking at. She can most likely explain some of the differences to you. Also audio etc is not like acting. It’s not a dime a dozen. If well trained the music /theater /recording tech kids tend to get jobs right out of college. Talk to each school about this. We know someone at Illinois Wesleyan that had a job before graduating in sound.

Have her read this article. This is the head of her high school and this is what he tells the graduating class. This will make sense to her and it’s overall just great advice.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-thursday-chicago-academy-for-arts-graduation-speech-0530-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1cuelshR0Iq6S015KsL1CsgVDUufZxG5bX5xobASA27Mnzt90rhGSzYDs