He didn't think so.

Post #390,609 by malraux 6/11/14 11:55:27 AM Reply	He didn't think so. He did point out that the video was taken on a phone. With respect to flattery, I agree. He gets a balance, and he's confident enough in himself that he can take criticism. He also likes to go to competitions with the full knowledge that he's never going to win given that he only practices an hour a day. You have to have a tiger mom these days to place in piano competitions. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #390,611 by drook 6/11/14 12:00:50 PM Reply	We're becoming ants Hyper-specialization. There are so many of us that we can focus on smaller and smaller things, meaning if we want to be noticed we have to focus on smaller and smaller things. My daughters play softball and volleyball. Various coaches want them to join travel teams that will have them practicing 4-6 days per week, plus 2-3 out-of-town games per week, all summer. And if they're not willing to commit to that then they'll be left behind next school year when their team-mates have been playing all summer. -- Drew
Post #390,614 by malraux 6/11/14 12:08:24 PM Reply	Tendon surgery is a teen thing now Kid pitchers are playing on 4-5 baseball teams at a time now and requiring elbow surgery before they leave high school. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #390,702 by drook 6/12/14 11:47:58 AM Reply	And so is diabetes ... who turned the bell curve upside-down? -- Drew
Post #390,706 by folkert 6/12/14 12:43:54 PM Reply	To much corn. And now "Pure Agave Nectar"... that is where Diabetes comes from. Everything in the US has sugar or Corn Syrup or HFCS or Agave or [insert new fad high caloric content sweetener] mixed in for good measure. Offset by good for you ingredients like: azodicarbonamide or brominated vegetable oil or fractionated/hydrogenated oils or benzoates Ever see the oil become "margarine?" (I can't find the video I watched before...) Or how about Skippy Peanut Butter: MMMM, Skippy Peanut Butter and benefits of Hydrogenation -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Post #390,683 by Ashton 6/12/14 3:49:19 AM Reply	Good for him! (and you..) Doubt I spent more time than that on actual practice either, except before some special event. I've never understood how an Adult!-parent could allow/nay, encourage the #hrs/week immersions demanded--especially re sports --but also in arts like music; prodigies excepted, of course: theirs is an almost inexorable path. Just can't see how a kid can actually grok to comprehension, even the mass of standard H.S. courses, while sustaining these huge time-sinks. (What I can't know is whether courses have been really dumbed-down, compared to my experience?--such that it's easy to budget the extra time?) Scary that situation, if true, since the sheer amount of descriptive factoids has been growing exponentially since my entry. Parents 2014; given the utter unpredictability of bizness, the zeitgeist, or even national cohesion: Y.P.B. Fortunately you're smart enough to do the triage, even amidst the routine madness. (I coudn't.) Luck!
Post #390,802 by malraux 6/15/14 7:27:56 PM Reply	Thanks. We'll need it. :-P Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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