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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you for creating a thread about it, OP. 
It's not often that someone has the courage to acknowledge they might have done things differently, had they done more research.

We're not in sports, but my daughter has spent her life playing a musical instrument, working very hard at it and achieving a high level of proficiency. She could apply to good conservatories. She could even get a scholarship. Does she want to? No.

But instead of thinking it's all been time and money down the drain, I tell her that she should be proud of herself. She has persevered at a hobby that wasn't always easy. She has developed stamina and resilience. She has done too many auditions to count, and competed in so many competitions, and performed solo or with orchestra on stage (not counting youth orchestra). It has made her grow so much! It has given her poise, and taught her how to communicate with strangers, and how to work as a team with people she barely knows. She knows how to lead when she's the soloist or concertmaster. She knows when to melt into the group when inside a section.

It doesn't matter if your child doesn't get to play in college, or doesn't get the recognition he deserves for his years of hard work. What matters is how much he learned while doing it. No one can take that away from him.

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