Agreed with your first point but couldn't disagree more about your second. I can't see why you would think that talented, driven kids getting to know like-mind

Agreed with your first point but couldn't disagree more about your second. I can't see why you would think that talented, driven kids getting to know like-minded people who are passionate about their field would be a bad thing. I'm sure they have experience enough dealing with ordinary people for the other 48 weeks of their year.