Klarinet Archive - Posting 001110.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:01:23 -0500

At 05:44 PM 3/17/2004 +0100, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
><< Teach them both at their own levels. >>
>
>The problem with this sort of statement is that what you usually end up with
>is some adult deciding what the kid's "level" is and forcing it on them.
>For instance, not letting someone take certain courses because "they'll only
>fail."
>
>Whereas it ought to be *the child* who decides what their "level" is.

I would accept "allowing the child to PROVE what his level is." My wife
had a student who was an "overachiever" -- performed much better in school
that his IQ, etc., would suggest he should. Unfortunately, because he was
achieving at that higher level, he did not QUALIFY for special ed
help! Talk about irony!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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