Klarinet Archive - Posting 001044.txt from 1999/07

From: James Leonard Hobby <jhobby@-----.Net>
Subj: [kl] Re: School Band Programs
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 02:16:59 -0400

A rather interesting aside on this thought:

It was widely discussed (but never released to the media) that had there
been a band program in place at Richland High School (Giles County,
Tennessee) that at least one of the students involved in the shooting would
have been playing the flute in the band instead of participating (to
whatever degree) in the shooting/killing, and subsequently sitting in the
State Prison for 40 years. He had played the flute in the school band in
Michigan, before he moved to Giles County.)

I understand the Board of Ed has hired a band director to organize a
program sarting this fall.

Jim

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>
>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!

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