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james hong on X: "<random stream of consciousness rant> My kids are Asian American. They play the piano but I presume it does nothing for their college apps. A bazillion people play the piano, it isn't differentiating. I made my kids take piano lessons to learn at an early age that doing new" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Bookmarks Creator Studio Premium Profile More Post kristie! @kristiehuang Post See new posts Conversation trisha pan reposted james hong @jhong <random stream of consciousness rant> My kids are Asian American. They play the piano but I presume it does nothing for their college apps. A bazillion people play the piano, it isn't differentiating. I made my kids take piano lessons to learn at an early age that doing new things is hard and frustrating, but if they work hard and practice a lot, it gets easier and then it's fun for life. It's a life lesson, not a grinding thing. They could have learned this by doing lots of other things too, but I also love music and that I can play anything by ear, and I wanted them to have that too. I make my kids care a lot about their grades, because I want them to care about anything they spend their time doing and to learn to try their absolu

<random stream of consciousness rant> My kids are Asian American. They play the piano but I presume it does nothing for their college apps. A bazillion people play the piano, it isn't differentiating. I made my kids take piano lessons to learn at an early age that doing new things is hard and frustrating, but if they work hard and practice a lot, it gets easier and then it's fun for life. It's a life lesson, not a grinding thing. They could have learned this by doing lots of other things too, but I also love music and that I can play anything by ear, and I wanted them to have that too. I…

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