Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2002/09

From: "rien stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] underachiever
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 03:24:50 -0400

On September 8, "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com> wrote

<<
Kimber sure sounds like a lazy underacheiver, destined for juvenile delinquency
>>

Sorry Kevin, but I am convinced Kimber is not. She has so much at hands -- and,
let's be honest: so many positive things! -- she cannot be an underachiever. She
has energy, the desire to make a success of her life, and he wish to be good in
many fields. And maybe most on this list do not agree with her trying to be good
in so many fields, especially in playing TWO music instruments, but I think we
should praise her for the energy she is willing to invest.

"We", the older people, think we know you can be good at only one thing. And by
specialisation some of us really are. But the doublers on flute, saxophone,
claribass and hobo -- do they think they are underachievers, or do they consider
themselves as standing up to reasonable professional standards, though they be
not the top, maybe?

One of the best Dutch entertainers of this time also is a prominent maraton
runner, and one of the best German violin players I happen to know is as
insecure as a beginner might be, and after each performance asks: "How did I
play today, was it worth a sufficient mark?"

For this reasom I would encourage Kimber to go on on the path she is walking
now, dividing her time between school and the things she is doing, and let her
find out what she is really good at, or, better still, the things she really
likes, and let her do these things.

And to Kimber I would like to say: "Hope to see you on the Olympics of 2008,
wherever that be. Maybe this old man and you can play a duet or two there?"!

Rien

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