Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2006-06-11 03:00
<<i can just see that lots of kids might drop out of music altogether bc they are placed on an instrument that they dont really want to play >>
On the other hand, if a competent assessment is done by the teacher at that first encounter, at least some young people will be saved the trauma of trying to a play an instrument for which they are unfit (like, a drummer with a weak sense of beat and two left feet, or in a case I recall from high school, the shortest little girl in the clarinet section choosing to march with a bass clarinet that was taller than she was).
I think some folks are making too much of this "grading" thing that the original poster mentions. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but this isn't a "grade" of achievement given to the student that goes in their permanent record, or counts toward their GPA, is it? I'm thinking it's more like a teacher's observations and rating of the "fit" of the instrument with the student. Frankly, I think that's a marvelous idea -- as long as there is a degree of leeway permitted, such as the right of refusal down to the third choice, or something.
Susan
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