I was lucky to have attended a public performing arts academy in my early teens. I had the opportunity to see the best teachers perform for their peers, both on and off stage. The performances were always very educational and the faculty were great to work with.
The biggest draw of performing arts schools is that you are exposed to more than just your peers. While the teachers may have a classroom full of students, you are also surrounded by a much wider range of personalities and backgrounds.
I attended an excellent performing arts academy at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, so I know what I’m talking about. The teachers weren’t only on stage and in front of students. They also had a bit of a social life, and the students were always exposed to more than their peers. I think it was the best of both worlds.
In this way, performing arts schools are a bit of a paradox. They take place in a world where students are often surrounded by people who are more like themselves than anyone else. They may have the greatest teachers on earth, but they arent the ones getting the most out of the students. In this sense, it’s not so much a matter of who is the best as it is of who is best placed to help the students reach their full potential.
These are some of the reasons why many schools spend so much time around performing arts, and why some of them have the greatest success. One of the most important lessons I learned at a public school in my hometown of Chicago is that if you want students to have a strong sense of self, you must be the best you can be.
Performance arts are the perfect blend of academics and fun. I think this is why the schools that have the best performing arts programs are often the best of the best. The students’ self-confidence is a huge factor in whether they perform to their strengths or not. If you’re not confident in your ability to succeed, then you may not be able to do what you want to do. To me, this is what makes the arts so special.
While performing arts students are often taught to focus on the performing arts, they are also often taught to focus on their personal strengths. If you spend most of your time worrying about whether you’re good enough, you’ll never be good enough. If you focus your energy on not worrying about how you’re doing, you’ll never be good enough.
For some people, this is exactly what they want. But for most, it doesn’t work. Because while you may want to focus on your weaknesses, you don’t want to focus on how great you are. If your goal is to fail, you don’t need to worry about it. But if your goal is to succeed, then you’ll probably do just fine in the long run.
We’re talking about the same thing. We all have to focus on what we can do well, and what we dont, then focus on how we can improve by not worrying about how we are doing. For most people, this is impossible. We dont like to think about anything, so the only way to really succeed is to not think at all. If you are one of those people, I suggest you just focus on what you can do.
I think there are two major reasons people don’t try to achieve their goals: 1) They just don’t want to go through the work and do all that work. 2) They just don’t know what they are doing. Which leads me to the next step.
