Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 2003/01

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments/education/educators
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:05:16 -0500

Patricia,

I recently had a new student come to me with a situation like the one you
describe.
The entire first year of study in her band program was horrible. The teacher
screamed at her daily about how worthless she was.....
Her Mom was outraged....yea!
This family are neighbors. The Mom called and asked me if I would listen to
her daughter play. Her daughter is smart..and always has a great attitude.
The information this crummy music educator had given her didn't sound right.
It turned out that the student clarinet used by her daughter was a classic
hand-me-down. It was in very poor condition. Pads were even missing....many
pads. The poor kid went through this verbal abuse for almost the entire year
before parent and child came to realize that the clarinet was a piece of
junk.

The educator is now doing something far from kids. The child is doing very
well......with a repaired clarinet!

Forest Aten

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