Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.
I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.
When I was nine years old I use to copy ( not trace ) the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.