Klarinet Archive - Posting 000404.txt from 2004/11

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets - Identification markings etc.,
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:34:57 -0500

On 10 Nov, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:

> At 10:47 PM 11/10/2004 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > On 10 Nov, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ...the goal here is to make Kathy feel more comfortable about the
> > > safety of her daughter's clarinet rather than to worry about how and
> > > why a band director reacted.
> >
> > The goal here is actually to have Kathy's daughter -- what's her name, by
> > the way? -- overcome the unfortunate incident in a way that doesn't
> > damage her confidence in her playing in the band, including a resolution
> > of her possible worry that her instrument might disappear unexpectedly.
> > It's also to have her resolve her relationship with the person who
> > 'borrowed' her instrument.
> >
> > The whole situation is actually none of her mother's business, except
> > insofar as she can help to enable the above.
> >
> > How is it that you, an educator, don't understand that?
>
> Interesting.
>
> Do you really believe it is your right or the school's right to declare
> what is and is not a parent's business? If so, how is it that you, as a
> parent, can you take such a position?
>
> Never mind the simple likelihood that Kathy's daughter didn't pay for the
> instrument!
>
> You seem to be child centered, Tony, but this is excessive even by child
> centered standards.

For the perceptive reader, the dislocation between what lies behind what I
wrote, and what lies behind what you responded, will be self-evident.

I rest my case.

Tony
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