The majority of all dancers have the pressure by friends, family and/or society to ditch the fine arts and go towards an academic profession. Many people believe that having a college degree or a PhD is practical and reliable: the demand for ^ jobs are high, while the demand for dancing jobs are exponentially decreasing. Ballet companies are shedding dancers; they aren’t hiring them. In our society, people who aspire to become lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. are seen as intelligent, sophisticated, and, overall, better than everyone else who isn’t. They tend to have a higher pay grade.
In Asian cultures, the people tend to marvel at college degrees, high pay grades, and luxurious houses. Failure is never an option. In their culture, a person is seen as …show more content…
In childhood leading to teenage years, her mother was very strict in achieving more than her classmates, becoming a successful woman, and getting involved in anything that would look good on a college resume; however, the one thing she didn’t expect was for her to pursue her extracurriculars as a career. Grace Song’s mother was very reluctant in sending her daughter away to The Juilliard School in New York, New York. She wanted for Grace to go to an ivy league school such as Harvard, Yale, or