Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 2006/04

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:07:05 -0400

Karl - please read my answer to Bill

> >  Karl
> >
> >   The Israeli educational system is complitly different from
> > the US.  The children are at school until 13:00 from age
> > 6-14l and then  in high school, they would get maximum 7-8
> > hours, and will go home at 15:00.  
>
> Do you mean they start at 8:00 each morning? What is actually taught between
> 8:00 and 15:00 (3:00 PM)? Are the children in the younger group (6-14)
> required to be involved in formal instruction in the afternoon, or is it
> elective for each child?
>
Yes they start at 8:00, and after school - it is up to their parents. But I don't know of a child that doesn't get
more at the afternoon.

>
> > All the musical education
> > as well as arts and sports is done at the afternoon in
> > special music schools (there are about 700 schools of music
> > in a country off 6 million citizens).
>
> How many students are being taught in the 700 schools of music?

Usually 300-500 students in each school.
>
> >
> > When children are going to school for half a day only , it
> > gives much more space for  home education, and the parents
> > are responsible for the education of the children as much as
> > school is.
> >
> Well, this is a major problem - parents take little or no responsibility for
> their children's learning at home, and then they come to school and
> interfere with the teachers' efforts as well. My child needs this, my child
> needs that and no, thank you, I can't do any of this at home for him/her,
> that's your (the teacher's) job.
>
> > It is possible that children have poor skills because their
> > parents are not involved in their education any more.  It is
> > nice that the state is  responsible ( "no child is left
> > behind" ), but nothing would compare to the example that a
> > child can get from his mother and father.
>
> Parents' attitudes in the US are as varied as they and their children are,
> but too often parents here give a great deal of attention to, and put a
> great deal of effort into influencing, the teachers' *procedures* and
> expectations - often to the detriment of the learning outcome. If more
> parents considered more carefully their own contributions to teaching their
> children, everyone would be better off.

When I lived in the US (Los Angeles) , I had some clarinet students. I was surprised to find out that I have to go
to the house of the children and teach then there. Most of the time we worked in the room of the child - in his/her kingdom - How can you expect a child to respect the teacher? When the lesson is in a school - it is much easier to demand high standarts.

Sarah
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