Cuba Youths Show The Way

[mikey4444]

In a world where teenagers normally make the news for not-so-good reasons, let applaud these three lads from Cuba :::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23062070

[mikey4444]

What cynics we do have here on AB !

[jno]

why don't you go there yourself and tell them what you think of them, O brave Tetjam?

Good for them.

[modeller]

This is fairly normal in state controlled societies. They take toddlers from age of three who show special talent in all subjects and then hot house them up to star status . This happened in Russia ,Rumania ,E.Germany etc.
Their gymnasts and ballet dancers are fantastic. On the negative side the moment they start to decline, they are dumped. When I visited the USSR I saw the Bolshoi and how some of the children were trained, it was a round the clock regime. There was little normal schooling as we know it.
Remember the E Germany athlete scandal that was a product of the system.

[emmie]

no doubt following one of their very famous sons, that is if you know anything about ballet, Carlos Acosta

[pastafreak]

I've just sent that to my Cuban SIL...she'll like it. They will be heartbreakers when they grow up...talented lads.

[horseshoes]

Wow! What lovely lads, and SO talented. I hope the three of them achieve their dream.