Klarinet Archive - Posting 001232.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:25:19 -0500

At 09:42 PM 3/20/2004 -03-30, Karin Berman wrote:
>I am dyslexic and had to go thru school without all that is now known about
>it. In those days, you just had to get on with it or be left behind. I have
>a bright IQ and perseverance, and 3 science degrees to my name and many
>other qualifications. I found ways to help myself figure out how to cope
>with reversals etc. I learnt how to be patient with myself. I still, to this
>day, get very lost in cities I don't know.... reading maps is a disaster. If
>I speak or write too fast and forget to think hard about what I am about to
>say or write, or when I am very tired, I still swop numbers around and
>letters around. It takes me twice as long to read anything. When I learn a
>new dance, it takes me a long time to know where my right and left side is,
>to remember which way to move. I have to think hard about it. Sometimes I
>look dumb, but I am not!
>
>I have progressed with my clarinet at a rapid speed!!, mainly due to
>perseverance. I think, as a student, if I had not been forced to read and
>cope like the rest of the class, I would not have been where I am today. But
>I do think if the child does not have the gift and grace of perseverance and
>patience, it might be an uphill battle. A lot depends on the personality of
>the child with the difficulty. If the battle is too tough, the will too
>weak, why not make use of technology that can ease it all?

I guess my main concern is that reliance on the technological solutions
will result in too many lazy types who never learn, and too few who go on
to earn 3 science degrees!

Bill Hausmann

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

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