Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 2007/01

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] RE: music students
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:16:44 -0500

Subject: [kl] RE: music students
From: "thomaswinds" <thomaswinds@-----.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:51:47 -0500

Bruce wrote: >>I've taught at a private school for so-called "learning
> disabled" kids (read "lazy," in most cases)<<

Bruce, that was about the most tasteless, insensitive thing I've ever read.
If you don't think your students are worth teaching, then please get away
from them. You are doing them more harm than good. They need a teacher who
wants to find a way to teach them, not to just assume they're "lazy".
Maybe they're not doing because you're Not Reaching Them. LD kids don't
learn the same way as NT kids. (NT = Neurotypical)

I have a 14 yo son with Asperger's. He's got LDs out the ears. We have had
SO MANY teachers over the years who don't "get it" - teachers who have
actually set him BACK years of learning, because they only know how to teach
one way - the way they were taught - instead of going outside the box and
finding other ways to teach them.

Maybe it's not the kids who are the lazy ones.

Oh, and BTW, he's 14 and plays trumpet on a fairly high level.

Lynn

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Take Lynn's comments seriously - she knows what she is talking about from
the prospective of a very experienced Clarinet Teacher (we have judged
Regional Band Auditions together) as well as her Husband who is a retired
University Clarinet Professor.

btw, I was chatting with another University Clarinet Professor who was
talking about his Clarinet Majors and how many of them just don't give a
crap these days, and want the easy grade. It isn't just High School
specific!

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com

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