Klarinet Archive - Posting 001141.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: what I have to teach
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 13:58:21 -0500

At 07:41 AM 10/26/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>In most schools, band is an elective.......no student is required to take
>the course, and neither is the teacher required to allow the student to
>continue if they are a problem. If the classroom is disrupted by a
>student, the student should be removed.......and from band that can mean
>permanently. The possible loss of the class is what keeps some of them in
>line.......and if they don't want to be there anyway, you don't want them
>there. It is better to have a less numbers and a better teaching
>environment.......
>
If only this were true! I have met many band directors who have been
unable to remove problems from their classes because the administration
would not allow it. And the kids know it. It probably makes them WORSE
because they know nothing can be done. I know at least one director who
quit for this very reason. It SHOULD be the way you describe, but again,
the real world intrudes...

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.