there's this bright thirteen year old who has aced his A levels and wants to read medicine. here are my thoughts:
1. he's not chinese! i thought chinese had the monopoly on pathological hyperachievement!
2. let him read, mold his mind, inform his opinions, have a crush, discover failure. college can wait.
3. learning a trade can certainly wait. it doesn't take long, although refining the art will take his lifetime.
a teenaged boy needs to be able to:
1. pick up a guitar and sing a serenade or two.
2. ask a girl out for a date without stammering too much.
3. dress like, and be, a gentleman.
such skills being best acquired before college.
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