But my father did not want to be a scientist, he wanted to be an artist.

And?

Did he let him

He did end up getting a masters in biology, got through uni mostly on fear and his extraordinary memory.

But he never worked as a scientist.

He has been an artist for as long as I have been alive and well before.

My father never pressured me into being a scientist or an artist.

And I doing a neuroscience degree, which Phillip would have been delighted with if he were alive.

@Seatoast, @Grumplebee My point is that pressuring your child into doing what you want them to do is not likely to end well.

I know

But drama is worse then forcing your kids to do something imo

Cancer

In this world of lies and pretend Drama surely is a good class to take.

Or your kid will be a priss

And cant deal with anything

I was in a drama class, it did not make its attendants prissy.

Good thing I'm going into film then. Great for managing skills

Cant be too careful

Yes, you really can.

With kids, trying to sculpt their life for them like this leaves "too careful" in the rear view mirror.

I swear, it is as if people forget being young in totality. "Yes, when I was young, my parents forbidding me from taking a class would have made me not only respect them far more, but want to take that path far less."

Trying to "nip it in the bud" and stop your children from doing drama is as close to a surefire way of making them want to do it as there is.

Well then at least they have the balls to do it

Or they don't and just take it up in earnest once they are out from under your thumb, casting aside any prospects you may have worked your fingers to the bone to help get for them.

I'm being a nigger to be real I would strongly advise taking an actual class that gives you a skill

Reciting fucking Shakespeare isn't going to give you 30 dollars an hour making pipelines if all else fails

Hard job but that free welding cert can save you if you ever find yourself out of work

Both of my parents have high IQs and advanced degrees, and I did well in school despite almost no effort. If I had a child for some reason, the skills that I would teach them would be slightly more advanced.

They may know it but it dont mean shir until their name is on a piece of paper

Yes, it would be important to make sure they get certs.

Drama is a waste of taxpayer money

You could probably get them a welding cert at a younger age.

Replace it with a financial class

And kids would be far better off

Finacial management

How to do taxes

Write checks

The US education system also desperately needs to actually hammer into the heads of children what is on the curriculum.

And get rid of the "no child left behind" nonsense.

Yeah

That shit is cancer