Helping child find a "passion"

starbright
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:13:17 +0000

^ I see what you mean but that could be said about almost any criteria for college that we discuss, debate, worry about on CC. There are what, 4000 colleges to choose from and the vast majority are not difficult to get into either. Sadly, the criteria set by the top 20 is what creates a stressful highschool culture affecting a much larger swath of students that those getting into HYPS.

And even if only truly taken seriously by the “cc popular schools”, I still think it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Why bother with passion at all? Since the goal is to pick and choose, why not just go with super-achievement (since passion is pretty much a necessary condition for super-achievement).