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Reged: 05/09/05
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: Professional Gamer vs Neurosurgeon
03/27/13 03:53 PM
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> My son's best friend is likely to be the school's valedictorian... and he's not > taking the ACT or SAT this year... because he doesn't plant to go to college. > > And why wouldn't such a bright young man want to go to college? Because he wants to > be a professional gamer... because there's are "millions of dollars in it" and even > just qualifying for a tournament can "net me 40 to 60 thousand." > > So he spends every waking moment playing video games. Every day. All day. > > I learned this because my son was complaining his best friend never wants to do > anything but play video games, and the only way to get him to come over anymore is > for me to set up a lan network for them to game on.
I knew several people at that age who were smart and talented and just pissed it all away. Most of the ones I knew weren't even chasing some silly pipe dream, they just gave up, took menial jobs, and moaned about how awful their lives were. If your son's friend is really going to be the valedictorian, at least he'll have some options if/when he wakes up and realizes he's wasting his time.
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