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You can do dance lessons at the neighborhood studio down the street, and be active, learn some grace and musicality, and have fun with neighborhood friends. You can play rec soccer from age 3 to high school. You can take gymnastics classes and never go to a competition.

[b]I consider this a bigger waste than the more competitive and expensive activities. If you’re going to have your kid downs so much time doing something at least let them learn what excellence is and what it takes to become good at something instead of spending a lot of time on something mediocre or low quality. What a waste of time[/b].[/quote]

And this sums up the mentality in this area.  It is a "waste of time" for a child to simply learn a skill and enjoy doing it?  It isn't worth doing unless they can learn to beat other people at it?  Seriously, do you even hear yourself?[/quote]

Has nothing to do with beating other people. It’s about knowing what excellence is and the character required to practice and ultimately perform at that level. It’s not necessarily a requirement that they succeed at being the best. It’s more about what they learn in the process. Aim for the stars, you may not get there but you won’t wind up a handful of dust either. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade, of this century, because that goal will serve to organize the best of our abilities.”[/quote]

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