Klarinet Archive - Posting 001184.txt from 2004/03

From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:20:27 -0500

At 11:40 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
Clearly you HAVE misunderstood, since I have been speaking IN FAVOR OF
accommodating the students' individual limitations. However, I believe
that, in many cases, those accommodations are being made AT THE EXPENSE of
the other students, which is not right.

>Oh come off it! We can remember the above statement when you are in an
>accident and are bleeding to death. You can't have any blood because we
>need the money that would buy the blood for you, to buy Band-Aids for the
>others in the accident who have scraped knees. Helping you first will
>slow down the healing of their scrapes. If you live, well great. If you
>don't, well sorry, we couldn't afford to take care of you first - all
>those scraped knees were more important.

>Sightreading tests for the blind make no sense. For a school setting,
>some different sort of test would be needed. However, when it comes to
>applying for the symphony job, I'm not sure the committee will be so
>accommodating, nor should they be, since it is part of the job!

These kids haven't reached the "job" stage yet, and never will as long as
people like you, who have no knowledge of the needs of challenged children
and what is required to help them, are allowed to make decisions concerning
their welfare. And I'm sure the blind would love to have their tax money
that is spent lighting the streets, so you can see your way in the
dark.. After all they don't need the light, so why should their tax
dollars be spent paying for light they can't use. These kids will decide
what to do with you when you are too old to do for yourself. You better be
nice or you might just find yourself spending your golden years in a
tarnished atmosphere.

I wish I could sentence selfish people to a year taking care of just one of
these kids - make you responsible for the comfort in their everyday lives
and protecting them from people like yourself. Maybe then you would
understand what a daunting job it is. Take some of that money you spend on
unnecessary toys, junk food and the like that you buy for your kids (or
grandkids) and give it to Lynn's organization, or better yet, earmark it
for your local PUBLIC school's special ed. program. Think what $5.00/tax
payer per year would fund. And all those kids could still be in the same
classes together. You wanted a different way to fund their education -
there it is. When tomorrow comes though, I know just where your five bucks
will be.

Nancy (who feels like throwing up)

Nancy Buckman
Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
eefer@-----.net

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