Oh ______, if only you knew how well I've mastered the art of feeling like I'm failing and continuing onward. The painting professor at ____ was exemplary in that regard. The best thing I learned was how to ignore the dismissal of pompous academics, and to know at once how their points had validity. Sometimes though I wonder if they actually knew their valuable aspects.
Truly, it should be less of a problem amongst the very young than very old. Obviously all us who are living have a view of pediatrics as a more or less reasonable experience.