Klarinet Archive - Posting 001155.txt from 1997/10

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: what I have to teach
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 15:13:17 -0500

Yes we should bring music to these children. BUT we must do so in a fashion that
does not prevent or slow the development of the other members of the group. If
the other members of the group can not develop then you have helped one person
and hurt 100. This is not sensible in any society. Society would not fall apart
if the subject is music but what about reading and simple arithmetic!

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD

GrnShirt@-----.com wrote:

> If we can bring music to these chirldren; give them a place to play and learn
> to love music, then maybe thay can learn to love themselves. For some of
> those kids, music will be all they have. Yeah, a lot of them won't be
> interessted. But if you can help one child to learn to love music, and
> because of that they learn to love themself, and from there to love others,
> isn't it worth it? Music is a powerful thing, and there's plenty to go
> around. My brother once said that music is life, only it lasts longer.