Musicians and other artists are described as people who are high in openness have more intellectual curiosity, creativity and prefer novelty and variety. The knowledge in composing, acting and delivery of their innate value can only be described “amazing”, “out of this world”, “ insane”, etc. As a matter of fact, a music student can already be performing at a presidential function and earning millions, if not billions of dollars and the teacher is still thinking that he/she needs to complete his / her homework or sit for exams.
Scientists and sports psychologists haven’t yet concluded just how much of an athlete’s success is talent and ability, and how much is psychological mind and body union of this knowledge. And yet, there doesn’t seem to be an athlete or coach on Earth who would argue that this knowledge is as important as academic success or could even be more.
Comic performers such as jesters, clowns, and story-tellers have always been popular throughout history and across cultures. Stand-up comedy increased in scale and sophistication throughout the 20th century to become a popular form of entertainment in the past fifty years. It now represents the most competitive, public, high-risk, high-gain form of that distinctively human trait – the capacity for verbal humor. Academics have been quite negligent on the amount intelligence stand-up comedians possess. While there could be some recognition on other performing artists such as musicians, actors, and dancers only a few have looked at comedians as a separate with unique creative knowledge.
These people and their kind cannot learn in the traditional sense of academics and most often drop out. Thanks to Talent Based Learning which focuses learning to their unique abilities known as talent. Many have found out that what they are doing in with their talents is indeed learning and the same can be assessed and graded hence earning degrees in their natural domains.