Yes, I agree with this point. Even though they may be doing especially well in their area, their private activities should still be a concern. This is because what they do in private is a reflection of their moral values and standards, and if the values that they display in their private do not match up to those reflected in public, no matter how well they may be performing in their job, their moral values are still in question. An example of this would be the recent incident where a photo of one of the most decorated male Olympian of all time, swimming sensation Michael Phelps, was shown to be inhaling marijuana from a glass pipe. Even though this incident may have taken place three months after the Olympics and has no effect whatsoever on the eight golds he won in Beijing 2008, as a role model with the responsibility of setting a positive example for youth, his actions were inappropriate and embarrassing not only for himself but also for his fans and his country.

Patience is and will always be a virtue whether our society is fast paced or otherwise. It is just not a virtue that is frequently practiced nowadays.

In the case of child prodigies, perhaps allowing them to educate themselves would be a better choice rather than conforming them to the education system, which would most probably restrict their intellectual capabilities and prevent them from truly reaching their fullest potential. These child prodigies already possess skills beyond the average Joe, thus they would have the basic foundations which others who are less intellectually able do not have intrinsically and would require a teacher to nurture them and aid them in learning such skills.

The young should not be left to educate themselves because they are not yet mature nor do they possess the skills to discern between what is true or false. In this media saturated world today, where everybody and anybody has the ability to access information on the world wide web instantaneously, the ability to discern whether or not the information is reliable or not has become grown in importance. Youths nowadays, being very impressionable and easily influenced, often do not possess this critical skill and as a result, tend to absorb whatever information that is thrown at them, alike to how a sponge absorbs anything and everything in its path. Without a guide or teacher to properly educate them and nurture them on how to distinguish between the reliable and credible from the untenable, youth are unlikely to develop these skills on their own. Hence it is necessary for an experienced adult to educate the young and thus the young should nto be left to educate themselves.