Klarinet Archive - Posting 000387.txt from 2001/03

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] band rivals
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:15:31 -0500

At 08:32 PM 03/14/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> Perhaps I've lost touch with 'the real world', but IMO, teaching
> methods that encourage or reinforce situations like this one are not what
> music education should be about.
> NothingToHide made the correct choice, of course, and I'm very glad
> for him or her (?). He or she will walk away from this situation
> feeling like a decent human being.
> But when I hear the hypercompetitive aspects of music and the
> thoughts to which this hypercompetitive attitude drives some people....
> well, it sickens me.
>
>-Bill

Bill,

Are you objecting to competition as a teaching method in general or to all
competition within the parameters of a classroom? What specifically
sickens you?

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

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