Some of the most brilliant and creative people I know do not fare well in school. Many of them found they could not get to do - and who they really were - until they left school and passed the education they had received. "
(Ken Robinson)
" Paul spent most of the time he was at the Liverpool Institute being silly. Instead of studying when he came home, spent most of the hours listening to rock and learn to play guitar. It turned out that this was a very smart choice, especially when she met John Lennon at a school party in another part of town.
"(...) he had always loved music, but the school never enjoyed the classes in this area. His teachers thought they could get young people come to appreciate old records and making them listen to classical music scratched. A Paul that it seemed as boring as the rest of the classes.
"Throughout education no one noticed she had a talent for music. He even apply for membership in the choir of Liverpool Cathedral and was not accepted. He said he did not sing well enough. Really? What was good about that chorus? How good can be a choir? Ironically, the same choir that turned the young McCartney scene eventually led to two of his compositions.
photo Paul McCartney in 1952.
"Liverpool Institute has become the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), one of the main centers Europe for professional training in fine arts. Its Honorary President is Sir Paul McCartney. The old and dusty rooms in which he spent his adolescence fantasizing welcome students from all over the world who do what he dreamed of doing, music, and those who are learning to go on stage in very different fields. "
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