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Hmmmm.... in class you could learn what it takes to be a Doctor who could save lives to be an engineer or an architect to design and operate . Could have learned in class to be a lawyer or an accountant or even an astronaut. But if I would have paid more attention to recess time I could’ve learned to play soccer or baseball or basketball and made multi millions of dollars . I could’ve made 100 times more money than presidents and world leaders and open heart surgeons and cancer care specialists . I could of but instead I chose to pay attention to the class time and I now live paycheque to paycheque . What am I really saying here I’m not sure I even know , except I know when it comes time to possibly saving my life a soccer player or even a hockey player won’t be able to perform the surgery necessary . The trained doctor might be able to save me if I can wait forever to get into to see him . This is our world right now. What do you think about it ?

I very much understand where your coming from. I wish I could have been a musician in a band or something, but apparently you have to be really talented or good looking since I’m not I guess I’ll live pay cheque to pay cheque doing my health care job.

 
 
Edited by dueindecember, 2018-07-26 00:33:03

A person might never become wealthy, but a lot can be said for spending your life doing something that pleases you and you can be proud of.  
 
I sometimes think too many of us spend too much time wishing we were something or someone else instead of making the most of who and what we really are.

"Don't try so hard to earn a living that you forget to make a life."..... guaranteed the best things In life are not bought.

This logic presupposes that the only thing that makes a professional athlete or a professional musician wealthy are a few extra hours a week practicing during recess.  
 
To be clear the people who make it to the NBA, NHL, NFL etc, they're rich. But they're not just a little talented. They're not just "practicing at recess" talented. They're extremely physically gifted, they grow up in the right locations, are put in the right situations, with the right coaches and teammates, work their butts off doing 2-a-days their entire lives and if they're REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY lucky, then they might make it pro.  
 
Even then, there is a HUGE difference between making it pro, and becoming wealthy. How many players get drafted to the NHL every year and never play? Or play a handful of games and then go back to the minors? Even if you DO make it pro, you're competing against literally the best in the world.  
 
This is not a question of recess. It's a question of amazing genetics, amazing talent, amazing work ethic, amazing support, and a whole lot of luck.  
 
 
Music is even MORE luck. Because it's often not even necessarily about talent. Dont get me wrong there are a lot of really really talented musicians out there that make a lot of money. But unlike sports, wealth is not necessarily tied to talent.  
 
Example: Bieber makes a lot more money than say...John Mayer. He is objectively much less talented than Mayer.  
 
Or Malmsteen is a much better guitarist than say Tom Delonge formerly of Blink 182. Tom makes WAY more money.  
 
But even moreso, talent alone means nothing in music. There are a lot of incredibly incredibly talented musicians working at Dennys. While there are a lot of terrible mumble rappers and pop-sensations who have nothing more than good looks and a decent voice making millions.  
 
This isn't about recess. It's about luck. Again, i'm not saying very talented people dont get rich making music, I'm just saying that talent is not the defining factor. In most cases it's marketability.

Well once again there is always someone who wants to be sarcastic about an innocent little post. Basically recess sports is paying waaaaay more money than classroom time. And yes I’m not dumb I know it takes a lot more time than recess to be a full fledged athlete. But recess is where it all started for a lot of now professional athletes. All I was trying to point out is that the world now seems to have changed in who gets the big money. The entertainment business is light years ahead of the academic world when it comes to a pay check. That is why I said I should’ve paid more attention at recess time . If I would have known that I could make 25 million dollars a year fielding ground balls day in and out and striking out a couple times a game was ok I would have busted my ass to be a better than average ball player.