Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 1995/11

From: Michael D Moors - Alpena <mdmoors@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Districts audition
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 00:07:31 -0500

John

You have brought up legitimate concerns.
The solution is to refuse to judge your own student. Talk to another
judge and have them take the student.

Mike Moors

On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, John Baetens wrote:

> At 07:13 PM 11/2/95 -0500, Frank Buck wrote:
>
> >I think it is a bad idea for a teacher to be placed in the position of
> >having to judge his/her own student(s). It also places the student in a bad
> >position. If the student places well, the teacher and student open
> >themselves up to allegations that the teachers showed favoritism for
> >his/her student. Who needs that? Even if the audition is fair, the
> >perception of unfairness can cause a big headache for good people.
> >
> I think that another thing that often happens in this situation is that
> the instructor is so intent on not trying to show favoritism towards his
> or her own student that they may unintentionally be too critical of the
> performance and give a lower score than an impartial judge would. I have
> seen this happen many times.
>
> John Baetens
>