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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by floren on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:29PM (#36912028)
They're not trying to optimize so the kid can be a profession violinist -- god forbid, there's hardly any money there at all! No, the idea is to just do things which make the kid look different on a college application. That's it. Once the Harvard letter comes in, the cello can be sold, it's served its purpose.
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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by Kon-Peki on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:46PM (#36912276)
Yeah, I totally get that :)

But you know, just about every single good university has an orchestra - lots of them have multiple (symphony, philharmonia, etc). There are way more kids playing music for their school than will ever be professional musicians. And there is a need for 2-3 times more violin players than cello players.

If your kid enjoys playing violin and wants to play in college, that will count for a lot more than someone who plays a cello just so they can write it down on their application.

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