Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 2006/04

From: o4rmondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:51:25 -0400

Mark wrote:

> And there were people skilled in breaking
> down complex problems into simple steps so
> that they could create and teach others how
> to create. They were called toolmakers.

True, but I believe it's fair to say that "education", in the sense of
today's school systems, is about the accumulation of specific skills.
Using one's brain for any task probably does contribute to one's innate
aptitudes over time, but that's not what "school" in the modern sense
and NCLB are about.

It's interesting to think about pay rates over the millenia. Music and
dancing and theater and story-telling are frequently compensated at
subsistence rates today, just as they were millenia ago, whereas
science-based skills usually enjoy higher compensation, There are
exceptions, of course, but I bet if someone compiled a large data base,
science-based skills would come out way ahead.

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