At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's always hard - if you're not the best player on your team, how can you be the best player in college?
When you're in college, everything seems much more important than it really is.
Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.
You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.
No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
And so, I think when I got to college, you discover who you are and find yourself more than you did before.
I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.
When you're working with the best of the best, I'm not gonna put that on hold so I can work with people who studied the best of the best.
I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability.
When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.