I couldn't agree with you more.
Particularly on your second point as to who does the selecting.
Guy
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From: "James Schenken" <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:51 AM
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The hard facts of life are that in entrepreneurial fields (professional
photography is one), pre-selecting for 'talent' in the field is generally
a bad idea.
What counts most is drive, dedication, and initiative on top of some
talent.
Remember that the people doing the selecting are not (usually)
commercially successful practitioners but educators and / front office
administrative kinds of folks.
Cheers,
James
At 04:28 PM 8/6/2006 -0500, you wrote:
On 8/6/06, Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does it make any sense? Won't somebody tell them?
I guess not. The market will sort this out, so it is claimed.
I do think somebody should tell them. But I don't really think we
should limit enrollment to the number of people we think will be
needed at graduation time. "The market will sort this out" is a cruel
process; but our ability to recognize which ones will actually make it
in the industry is pretty shaky, and that's the only alternative I see
to letting people make their own choices, which sometimes don't work
out.
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