Klarinet Archive - Posting 000617.txt from 2002/10

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] ...more about music education
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:10:49 -0400

<><> Mark wrote:
Remember, you (and people who agree with your ideas) are a "special
interest group"

Sometimes I wonder what the proper definition of "special interest"
should be. Certainly a basic understanding of arithmetic is part of
the "general welfare". However, what do you think the answer would be
if we asked children whether mathematicians are a "special group"?

At the very root of it, this **is** what the debate is about. Should
music (or any other art) be described as essential to the general public
welfare? Or is it a "special interest" to be funded only by those who
share the interest?

Cheers,
Bill

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