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Originally Posted by Drwurm
I realize this is a bit off topic, but I found Dean's comment about that during kickoff rather elitist and divisive. Anybody else feel that way?
I doubt Dean Kamen would object to the "follow your dreams" mantra. When I was in 7th grade, I dreamed of building robots when I grew up. Who's to say that the 7th grader next door whose dream was to play basketball is any less valid?
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OK I'll bite and say I am willing to say it isn't a valid dream to be an NBA player in 7th grade.
Here is a simple way I can back that up.
If you are a Really good BB player (or football or baseball if you prefer) I mean really good. You can wait tables because only the GREAT players will be able to make any money doing it.
If you are a good singer/actor, ditto, only the GREAT ones seems to be able to make a living at it and even then...
But show me an average engineer, heck even one who only got B's and C's.
They can get a job as an engineer, what they trained for.
Now that I have said that I want to revisit my first comment. I think a 7th grader should be encouraged to play basketball if they enjoy it, and if they are really good at it, maybe some after school teams to play on. But not at the expense of their education or being deluded that they can do it for a living. They might be able, but statistically they won't be able to.
My 2 cents