Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 1997/07

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Major decisions
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:52:08 -0400

On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Sarah B. Horney wrote:

> I want to apologize for the quantity (not to mention the quality)
> of my mail to this list. If you can stand it, I have another question.
> I want to be a high school band director when I get out of
> school, and have some questions regarding not only specific major
> options, but also general decisions. I have received many suggestions of
> what my major should be. My Music Theory (and choir) teacher says that
> "Performance is the way to go." My own band directors seem to have
> differences of opinion- some say performance, some others say music
> education (another says that I should forget music altogether and go for
> the political science degree, only half-jokingly). I was just wondering
> if anyone had any suggestions. Also, if there are specific schools that
> you would recommend, I would be open to anything. I live near Fort
> Worth, Texas, so University of North Texas is sounding nice, but I am
> just so confused now.
> Thank you so much for your time.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Sarah
> benevolent1@-----.com
>
Hey, I want to become a music teacher also.I believe if I become a
teacher I could be a role model and this would be another teacher in a
world of few teachers. Also being a teacher, you can teach yourself new
things and be able to keep fresh the things you have learned. From what I
have heard, you make more money in teaching, however I could be wrong.

nyip@-----.edu