Klarinet Archive - Posting 001163.txt from 1999/01

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] HELP!
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:35:31 -0500

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Paulette W. Gulakowski wrote:

> Our district is under court mandate to accept all students ("No Cut"
> policy) - whether they play an instrument or not.

Wait a minute, let me be sure I understand this. If a student, who has no
experience in music whatsoever, says they want to be in the band, the band
director is required by court order to accept them? If I have this right,
this is pure lunacy, a good example of a judge trying to conduct social
engineering in an area in which he or she has absolutely no knowledge and
no understanding whatsoever.

A second question would be why such a student would decide to be in an
organization for which he has no qualifications and can derive essentially
none of the benefits of membership?

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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