<p>I certainly agree with the idea that auditors should at least pretend they are enjoying the experience – it is an acting school after all, and no matter if it is the first kid or the one hundredth, it is the first time for each of those kids. We certainly don’t want to be perceived as rude or uninterested so the auditors shouldn’t either. I don’t think the auditors would have been happy if I had said “Well, you know, a degree in acting is the most useless degree you could have, second only to a BA in ceramics,” so I don’t know why one of my auditors thought that was okay to say to me during an audition. Really people? A little bit of enthusiasm, and discretion, goes a long way I think.</p>