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Here’s what the checklisted childhood looks like. We keep them safe and sound, and then we want to be sure they go to the right schools, but not just that, that they’re in the right classes at the right schools, and that they get the right grades in the right classes in the right schools. But not just the grades, the scores, and not just the grades and scores, but the accolades and the awards, and the sports, and the activities, and the leadership.

We tell our kids don’t just join a club, start a club, because colleges want to see that. There’s no time for free play. There’s no room in the afternoons, because everything has to be enriching, we think, and we even absolve them of getting enough sleep as long as they’re checking off the items on their checklist. We spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be, to be sure they’re not screwing up, not closing doors, not ruining their future, some hoped-for admission to a tiny handful of colleges. And all of this is done to some hoped-for degree of perfection. We expect our kids to perform at a level of perfection we were never asked to perform at ourselves. With our overhelp, our overprotection, overdirection and hand-holding, we deprive our kids of the chance to build self-efficacy. 

If our children are to develop self-efficacy – and they must – then they have to do a whole lot more of the thinking, planning, deciding, doing, hoping, coping, trial and error, dreaming and experiencing of life for themselves. And if we could widen our blinders and be willing to look at a few more colleges, maybe remove our own egos from the equation, we could accept and embrace this truth and then realize, it is hardly the end of the world if our kids don’t go to one of those big brand-name schools. And more importantly if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist, then when they get to college, whichever one it is, well they’ll have gone there on their own volition, fueled by their own desire, capable and ready to thrive there.

Mikey V talks to Jim Robinson from The CSB Media Arts Center. Mike graduated from The CSB Media Arts Broadcast Media Program “Connecticut School of Broadcasting” and works at Radio 104 and The Whale 102.9.

Amanda Talks about her experience at the Palm Beach Code School in the Palm Beach Campus of the CSB Media Arts Center.

Amanda was a student in our Web Development Program and our App Development Program.

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Don’t settle on just a degree…do something that you love, like Katherine, our Filmmaking Program student.

After enrolling into one college and transferring to another – listen to how Katherine found out about @Gocsb and why our Film School was the right Film Production school for her.

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Film School student Nathan Talks about The CSB Media Arts Center Film Program and starting his Career in the Film Industry

Join Jim Robinson, President of CSB Media Arts Center as he interviews Nathan of the Filmmaking Program at the Farmington, Connecticut campus.

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CSB Media Arts Center Broadcast Media Students talk about Learn By Doing – Connecticut School of Broadcasting

Join Jim Robinson, President of CSB Media Arts Center as he interviews students of the Broadcast Media Program at the Farmington, Connecticut campus.

tik tok

When Tik Tok became one of the most popular apps in the country, many in the entertainment world questioned whether it was an accurate representation of “young talent” on social media. Many Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook stars have had to rely on developing original content in order to secure views, but one of the most famous Tik Tok stars Charlie D’Amelia has proven that entertainment will always be a changing art form. 

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social media influence

In the earliest days of the media, there were only certain careers you could take on and “make it” in regard to a lucrative reward. Acting, directing, producing, radio, etc. were limited positions, and more often than not, you would be under the direct supervision of a fellow professional.

Social media brought forth an entirely new era, one that made stars out of people making silly, ridiculous and original content on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and more. Celebrities have been quoted as saying their job is to be famous, Kim Kardashian being one of the most well known examples of somebody who sells different kinds of perfume and clothing just by having their name attached to it. Similar to a “brand” like Gucci, where you pay for the name and not for the product itself, “Social Media Influencers” have become the new Kardashians. 

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Ninja is one the biggest household names in gaming today, and with a massive following and a net worth of $25 million, you can see the lucrative potential of a career in gaming. 

Gaming has been around for over 30 years, but it’s popularity and integration into mainstream media has gained a very recent footing. Originally, it was the developers of games who made all of the money in the industry, but now gamers can make millions simply playing the games for a live audience. 

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