Would You Put A 12 Year Old Behind The Wheel Of A Car?

Does anyone else thing that leveling your professions to maximum level is super-expensive? I might just think this because I picked Tailoring and Jewelcrafting as my professions. I'm sitting at 441 with Tailoring and 150 with Jewelcrafting. I'm amazed at what you need to create items. Things that I used to toss to the side like 'Large Fangs' are now required elements for my professions. Talk about a gold drain. I have to train them all the way to the 410 level just to start getting to things that I can use and things that I can actually sell to help my other causes like epic flying. I've heard a lot of ranting over the upcoming patch changes. Things like epic flying are supposed to be 'less' expensive. So maybe I can expect 4K instead of 5K?? That will make a HUGE difference. (Madagan looks down so noone can see the eye roll) I've also heard of crazy things like giving mounts to a level 20 character. This is the craziest thing I've ever heard of. Would you put a 12 year old behind the wheel of a car? You might as well since they would get it it at age 15 anyway right? What's the big deal? (another eye roll) There used to be a sense of accomplishment when bringing a toon from level 1 to 70. There was a ton of content and things to get done. It seems that Blizzard is trying to zip new people as fast as they can to the wotlk content. There is a lot to see pre-tbc and enjoy. Fights like Onyxia, Zul'Gurub, Molten Core, An'Qiraj and others challenged you to the very core of you character. Those seperated players and raiders. It seems that Blizzard has watered down the game in an effort to include your more 'casual' player in better gear and end-game content. There used to be a time when you got epic loot it meant something. I remember raiding molten core for a month before my first purple. It meant a LOT when I got it. They mean a lot now it's just different.