Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 2006/04

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:14:36 -0400


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From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <o4rmondtoby@-----.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education

> Karl wrote:
>
>> Well, this is a major problem - parents take
>> little or no responsibility for their children's
>> learning at home
>
> ...heh, some do, and some don't.
>
> But isn't _part_ of this due to the widely disseminated and widely
> asserted claim that that teachers are, by training, more knowledgeable
> and more effective educators, especially in their specific subject area,
> than the 'average' parent is?
>
> During my years, I have often been told by teachers: "Leave this to me,
> I'm a professional."
>
> There *is* a distinction, of course, between a parent being a skilled
> educator versus the same parent being concerned about and supportive of
> and encouraging of their child's education. You hinted at this
> contrast when you spoke of parental interference in the process.
>
> But the root of this thread (I think?) remains: Should public education
> include and be judged by whether it provides the opportunity to study
> more than math and English and science? It is justifiable to levy
> taxes to pay for additional subjects?
>

Don't you think that depends on whether or not people can afford to pay the
taxes? It does no good to levy a tax that people are unable or unwilling to
pay. They will leave, causing the school to become even more impoverished.

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