Klarinet Archive - Posting 000818.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Another "Band director from HELL" story!
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:50:30 -0400

Ryan,

Please reread my entire post.....I already spoke about his lack of
professionalism regarding his calling out about All-State. This posting
you just made eliminates a large portion of what I said, and it makes it
look like I have no compassion for the student. Regarding being five
minutes late.....a rule is a rule.....the student needs to stop blaming
others for his error and admit his mistake....sincerely admit his mistake
and learn from it. The rest is all in the earlier post. Please review
it.

Thanks.

Roger Garrett

On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Ryan Lowe wrote:

>
> >> He followed the rules.......nothing bad so far.....you were late...accept
> >> it and get on with your life.
>
> I think that he did accept the fact that he was late. The only issue that I
> see here is that his band director was behaving in an unprofessional manner.
> While he [the director] may or may not have the authority to with-hold him
> from All-state, he was not being professional about it. I can appreciate
> the stress that band directors go through every day, however he should have
> dealt with the situation better,it is part of their job to remain
> professional. Granted, I could be wrong (because I do not know the entire
> story) but based on personal experience, there are some band directors out
> there with some serious issues! (Then again, I know a lot of very competent
> (sp?) HS band directors.) I think that the band director may have
> over-reacted and used his "power" over you in an abusive fashion.
>
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> Ryan A Lowe
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