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My nephew went through the same mental anguish, setting college records and receiving M.V.P. awards. He got drafted and went into camp for rookies and got his butt handed to him, mentally and physically. It's very difficult to go from adulation to fighting for your career in less than six months. This article presents that transition very well. ROBERT HEFFERNAN, Wakefield, Mass., posted on nytimes.com

I gave up everything for football. By the time I was 23, I had already had four knee operations, multiple broken bones, concussions and many other injuries. During my final professional season, I had the chance to start when the first-team guy went down with a knee injury during practice. That very week I took a misstep off a sidewalk curb and reinjured an already tenuous knee. I was in surgery the next day. My career was over. My inability to make it in pro football was the single greatest failure of my life and the best thing that ever happened to me. CHRISTOPHER NYTE, Issaquah, Wash., posted on nytimes.com

If he were a promising but not stellar math or science student, Pat Schiller would be on his own: no supporting fans, no community infrastructure and maybe no family members backing him up — and probably no scholarship money. But as a math or science student, his contribution to society would be much greater. The United States might lead the world in linebackers or point guards or shortstops, but it's going to take a lot more to solve our problems. MICHAEL PILLA, Millburn, N.J., posted on nytimes.com

THERAPY BRANDING

When I went into private practice 20 years ago, the expectation was that it would take three years to build a "full" practice. Perhaps the author, like her potential clientele, is also looking for an instant and easy solution. SUSAN SIMONDS, Moscow, Idaho, posted on nytimes.com

I disagree with the implication in your article that I specialized in perinatal issues on a whim. I've been active in the birth world for two decades. My work as a counselor in the marriage-and-family system, focusing on maternal mental health, is based on a foundation of education and experience. Each year, there are more occurrences of postpartum depression than breast-cancer diagnoses and more cases of PPD than pre-eclampsia. PPD is one of the most common complications of childbirth. Women deserve to get the help they need from properly trained therapists. KATHY MORELLI, L.P.C., Kinnelon, N.J.

My concern is that many beginning in psychotherapy will feel the need to specialize without having had broad-enough experience with a variety of people. In the first graduate-school course I took in 1978, a student asked the teacher how long it takes to become a therapist. "Ten years," the teacher said. The student said, "No, really." The teacher said, "Really." It was a sobering moment, but it rang true. ROBERT KETEYIAN, Ellsworth, Me.

CAN SKILLED LABOR PAY?

We hear so often that the United States needs more engineers, but I got a five-year degree in structural engineering from a top-ranked university in California and have never been able to take home more than $55,000. And in 2008 I took home $23,000. Unless you can land a job with a public agency, the pay for civil engineers is pathetic. If you're going to make the sacrifices necessary to earn a demanding degree, I suggest you do a better job than I did of picking a winner. SALLY MEDEIROS MCFADDEN, Oakland, Calif.

OLIVER STONE REWRITES HISTORY — AGAIN

Stone is correct about history in a broad sense. It is never quite like you are taught; history is always distorted to reflect well on the nation and its people. What nation does not believe it has a glorious past? DOUGLAS4517, Sebring, Fla., posted on nytimes.com

My father served in Europe during World War II. He often told the story of Henry Wallace's greatness, and how Wallace was subverted by conservatives. Like Stone, my father would also view the "greatest generation" moniker as tripe. He complained that the U.S. became so militarily aggressive after the war because our country never suffered the destruction as did Asia and Europe. CHUCK WISMAN, Stockbridge, Mich.

'IN BERLIN, YOU NEVER HAVE TO STOP'

Ich bin ein artiste — great piece on the perils of living the artistic life in Berlin. @DottNett, via Twitter

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