She's talking about a gap year

classicalbk
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:51:42 +0000

If we don’t spend it all on college, then my whole family can all go touring Europe for a year. Now that’s an idea, Word Doc!
A dad on CC in recent years suggested spending a gap year in NYC, doing the waiter thing, taking voice and acting classes with pros in the business, and auditioning at every opportunity. The kid would sink or swim, but understand the reality of it all before spending 4 years and a shocking amount of $$ on college for a degree that doesn’t pay well, except to a few particularly blessed folks.
I guess I was an odd duck (still am!) but I thought college (a music conservatory) was easier than high school and grad school (a big 10 school) easier than college. Something about all the classes becoming more and more related as years went by and a different type of thinking required. I also much preferred the company post-high school.
And Momcares, isn’t it just wrong that dancers who work harder and sacrifice more than anybody, are in the worst paid profession? That’s a sad story about your ballerina friend. I imagine she “lived” at the theatre or dance studio- and maybe when you get to wear a tutu and a tiara at work on your set that looks like a castle, you don’t think so much about the house and yard.