Klarinet Archive - Posting 000456.txt from 2003/11

From: Kent Krive <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] School instruments
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:37:52 -0500

>
> From: Troy Shimkus <musickmann@-----.com>
> Date: 2003/11/23 Sun AM 11:37:04 EST
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] School instruments
>
> As a newbie to the world of the band directors (I'll
> be graduating with my BME on December 16 YIPEE!) I
> have to say that one comment about 'schools not
> wanting perfect instruments because the kids aren't
> playing well enough to appreciate them' bothers me in
> the respect that it?s the directors responsibility to
> teach the kids to respect the instruments and the
> overall program. Now, I do have a bit of that fresh
> college grad naivety, and I more than realize that
> there are kids who won?t respect anything no matter
> what the band director tries to teach, but I still
> honestly believe that situations like that can be
> overcome with time and patience. The responsibility of
> providing schools and students with proper equipment
> and enough funds to run a band program should with out
> a doubt be up to the school board, individual school,
> and community (in that order, and in my humble
> opinion), however, we all know that the way Florida
> has chosen to fund its public schools is ridiculous
> and ineffective. This is not the fault of school
> boards or schools, but the fault of politicians and
> voters who make these decisions. This is exactly why
> teachers in Florida make substantially less than
> teachers in other states (27,200 as a starting salary
> in some counties in Florida as opposed to 34,500 some
> counties in Georgia and other states). So that being
> said, band booster programs have to step up to find
> the money for the band programs, if we continue to
> blame the school boards for lack of funding and
> continue to be afraid of finding our own money for the
> fear of loosing all school funding, the only people
> being hurt are the students, and after all, isn?t our
> first responsibility to the students?
>
> And there you have the thoughts of a na?ve soon to be
> first year band director.
>
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