Klarinet Archive - Posting 001382.txt from 2000/10

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A cirricular issue
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:04:24 -0500

Bad typing I see. I have interspersed my corrections.

Dee Hays

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From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] A cirricular issue

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 1:27 PM
> Subject: [kl] A cirricular issue
>
>
> > Concerning scholarships:
> >
> > Is there a difference between: (a) requiring a student to play in
> > the ensemble that he promised in exchange for the scholarship, and (b)
> > requiring the school to teach the ensemble for which the student paid
> > his tuition?
> >
> > I agree that this question becomes murky if the student didn't
> > choose his instrument before he paid and enrolled; but in this case,
> > wouldn't the student who didn't state his choice before enrolling have
> > less right to depose a student who did, regardless of skill?
> >
> > A factual question: Do any music schools guarantee ensemble in
> > the student's instrument if the student declares his instrument on
> > enrollment and doesn't change once he or she is inside the school?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill
>
>
> You know when I went to college, they didn't guarantee that I could any

... didn't guarantee that I could get any ...

> specific classes not even those of my declared major (Aerospace
> Engineering). I had to make sure I met the pre-requisites and that I was
> early enough in line to get the classes I needed. There were students who
> had to take some freshman classes as seniors just to graduate and there
were
> even a few students who had to take an extra term due to having missed a
> class. There were occasions when students substituted alternate classes
> that met the requirement instead of the one that they really wanted. It
was
> a big problem but did happen.
>

... It was not a big problem ...

> So what was I promised for my tuition. Look at the fine print. Not much
> really, just the opportunity to attend and attempt to get a degree in my
> chosen field. It was up to me to make it happen.
>
> College is more like a smorgasboard. Plenty of "food" but no guaranteed
on
> selection.
>

... no guarantee on ...

>
> Dee Hays
>
>
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