Klarinet Archive - Posting 000885.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] school music programs(kinda defending corps too)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:38:50 -0400

At 07:36 AM 7/24/1999 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> Oh, if only it were so easy! I'm sure you are doing a fine job job with
>> your own children. But are you going to go into each and every home and do
>> it?
>
>I'm afraid it is not my job to do that - it is their job! That's what
>being a parent is. I certainly hope I'm not alone in expecting parents to
>teach their kids these things?
>
You are correct. It IS their job! But it clearly is NOT being done by
many of them. Educators are in a unique position to fill the void, at
least to some degree. If they don't do it, it will be left to the prison
system!

>The really good band/music teacher doesn't have to resort to something as
>simple as standing still and quiet - a military approach.

You cannot possibly be suggesting that teaching marching band students to
stand silently at attention is some sort of "military" evil!?

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
ICQ UIN 4862265

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

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