Piano vs Basketball

kiddie
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 01:56:56 +0000

My daughter had 13 years of piano lessons (k-12) - never took a single music test (I had to goggle mtac when I read this post because I had never heard of it) - played for enjoyment (stopped even doing recitals at some point because of stage fright) - she played (and sang) for fun- not to get into college - not even to be a performer. Practiced most days (never an hour move like 20-30 minutes). Your son quit piano for a reason - either he was tired of the hours of practice - turning something he liked into a chore - or else it wasn’t something that he liked doing. Don’t force him to go back.

Let him play basketball if he thinks it is fun - not so he can earn a varsity letter and/or put it on his college application. or let him pick a different sport in HS that is less competitive so he can get playing time and enjoy it, or let him find some other interesting new club or activity that his HS offers and try it out (High schools have lots of ec’s that don’t exist at lower levels - academic and athletic and artistic)