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Is it true to have a dissociative personality like what happened on the Narrator played by Edward Norton?
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Here is another perspective: I know how it feels like "your life is controlled" when you just happened to find your love. For Neil, it's acting;for me, it's philosophy. When I was about to graduate from my high school and made my own choice, something terrible happened upon me and I barely took it. It was a disaster to my grades, so I lost my chance to study my love in college. Guess what, after four years of learning English Literature, my life keeps going on and I pick up some new skills, like writing poems or essays.
I found a huge change on my mentality and this is probably a key to be an educator. I moved so far away from philosophy and though I was frustrated at first, I pursuaded myself to accept the reality by more realistic considerations. I couldn't enter a good college for learning philosophy;actually my current one is the best choice that no one could do better. Thus, I am satisfied.
Yes, I am satisfied. Maybe I had an arguement with my parents(my major and college were chosen by them), but right now I am grateful for my present platform. So, all in all, I believe problem comes from being overambitious. If parents could turn the focus from "I want or I don't want" into "I can or I can't", I think it will minimize the conflicts between two generations.
Let Neil do what he want to do but secretly guide him to reach his limit. Probably he will be realistic and drop his unpractical dream. You have to let him give up his love by himself. But do not intrude his decisions. Sometimes God put those sufferings in a man's way only to break his immature expectations.
As parents, do not control your children when they are old. Just watch how far they can go and try to provide them a safety net. Agree with Neil's after-class acting but reinforce his primary subject learning. Moreover, Neil parents could allow Neil to participate some national acting competition and test his talents. Once he find he couldn't make it, he will just treat it as his personal hobby...
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