Klarinet Archive - Posting 000200.txt from 2002/09

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Music/Academics studies?
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 00:15:35 -0400

Jim -

I have long thought that there is disease that affects all school
administrators and many sub-standard teachers that removes all semblance of
common sense and a most intelligence from their so-called minds.

Considering the salaries that most school administrators make, you would
think that they would all be in prison convicted of TAKING MONEY UNDER FALSE
PRETENSES.

Gene N.

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From: James Hobby [mailto:jhobby@-----.net]
Subject: [kl] Music/Academics studies?

As background, our superintendent has decided that to provide more time for
academics, they're going to phase out the instrumental music program in the
middle schools. (This is one more hairbrained scheme that has proven this
man is an idiot, IMO.) They're only going to allow beginning band in the
9th grade, by the end of the phase out, and the band will essentially
function only as a football pep band.

One of our top family physicians told the board that they were making a
serious mistake; that they were trying to dump the one program that actually
was statistically proven to improve academic scores.

Does anyone know where such a (legitimate) study is that we could show to
the school board? Any help is appreciated. They've already dropped the 6th
grade program this year.

Jim Hobby

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