Comments on: Say What? – Taylor Swift On Her Senior Year

By: Cory

Cory — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:08:59 +0000

I mean she probally has enough money to never worry about it but look at the finacial situation of a woman with a bachelors in music buisness such as Trisha Yearwood, and compare her to someone without that background such as Dottie West…….that education is a good thing to have.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:37:20 +0000

Rick, I don’t know what high school focuses on “spelling and punctuation” in someone’s senior year. Almost all of the formal training on things like that is basically done and over with by the time freshman year’s over. At least that’s how it was for me in high school.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:00:25 +0000

Rumors are rumors, but there’s a big one going around at Belmont that Taylor applied and was admitted there, too. I really hope it’s not true (imagine the tour groups if she ended up going!), but I do second Kevin’s hope that she’s learning the business end of things adequately.

On the public speaking front, you can’t get much more relevant experience than press interviews, so I have no quibble with that. But I am definitely surprised her parents didn’t push for more math or english. That stuff’s important!

But on the other hand, we’d be hard-pressed to count all of the notable country singers and songwriters, many of whom are quite well-respected, who never completed college or even high school. I guess we’ll see.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:42:40 +0000

imagine this for a minute: taylor swift is going to tell “the world” that it’ll take a while before she’ll release another album. reason: “i’m going to college because i feel it’ll provide a fantastic long-term basis for my future as a singer/songwriter/artist/entertainer.”

i may be wrong, but i think the loss of career-momentum would easily be compensated by the amount of expectations building up in the process.

possible outcomes: financially, quite likely the biggest impact since new releases from garth brooks. intellectually, a songwriter with a wider horizon and understanding of today’s issues. socially, could anyone think of a better example/role-model for people of that age-group?

…..i know: “dream on!”

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:41:50 +0000

In one of Taylor’s MySpace blogs after the ACM awards show Taylor told how she had an “epiphone” of the hoody/tear away clothes/singing in the rain routine she performed on the show. Now Epiphone is a fine brand of musical instruments (primarily guitars) but what Taylor really meant to say was that she had an epiphany! I think this boo boo may support your contention that Taylor should take her education a bit more seriously (or maybe not)….

A similar situation happened with Australian artist Catherine Britt who was signed to the RCA Nashville label back around 2002. Catherine left high school down under to move to Nashville when she was 17 and did not pursue any further formal education while here. Now in her blogs Catherine admits that her spelling and punctuation are not all they should be……….

By: Hollerin' Ben

Hollerin' Ben — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:13:19 +0000

Naturally it’s tough to tell just how bright T. Swift: Conqueror of Worlds, is or isn’t.

but something tells me that going through life with an 11th grade education isn’t going to be the best thing for her.

which, by extension, means that it wont be the best thing for us, because I’m pretty sure that we’re going to have to listen to her songs, smart or otherwise, for a long while yet.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:03:43 +0000

Sugar, thanks for commenting.

I, however, don’t think it’s productive to accuse someone of lying. Knowing Matt’s writing from the 9513, there is absolutely no reason to believe that he’d have a motive to tell “a white lie” in defense of Taylor Swift.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:46:46 +0000

Ah, I’m willing to concede that I’m not going to win this debate and I’m okay with it.:)

To make it clear, I’m not gunning for Taylor. If anything, I think it’s an indictment on her parents and not her, since she’s a typical kid who is happy to get away with doing as little course work as possible. Furthermore, while Taylor’s music isn’t exactly what I’d choose to listen to every day, I’m pulling for her. She seems like a sweet kid with a lot of songwriting potential. I already enjoy her melodies and hope to enjoy her lyrics more as she matures.

By: sugar

sugar — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:41:05 +0000

I also think you are really trying to defend Taylor if you think she even thought about applying to Vanderbilt, that to me sounds like a very convenient white lie on your part just to defend darling Taylor. That girl didn’t even care about High School, I doubt she applied to College.

By: sugar

sugar — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:39:08 +0000

She is such a great role model for young girls, NOT. I mean for a girl who is always touting her role model status and how great she is for young girls this isn’t the best example to me and seems just a glimpse as to what we will be seeing from Taylor in the Future, I mean first the Blender cover then the Maxum thing and now this, I see this girl hitting the bricks in the future.