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The final 3 minutes of this video was all I needed to hear. We must listen to our students about their desires for their lives. Otherwise, there will be apathy throughout their entire life and they will never know their true potential. I always tell people, "anyone can sing". So many people say to me that they could never do what I do. But how do they know? They have never pursued it because they think that it would be too difficult. But how is anyone going to know what they are capable of if they are never given the opportunity to try. Children are born with this innate desire to try anything. All our job should be is to tell them that whatever they put their mind to, they can do it. If college is not for someone, why should we push them in that direction? If they want to do something that does not require college, does tha make them lees of a person? I don't think so, but society judges by the degrees on the wall. Unfortunately, those degrees are not always getting them a job. That is another story entirely. Let's help our students discover their talents and nurture them instead of squashing them because they do not fit into the curriculum.