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Comment on The Art of Teaching by eugene cantera

eugene cantera — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:05:49 +0000

GREAT POST! I also dream of a world where those same music educators are compensated in a like manner as the other disciplines you mention. Not by ’save the music’ programs or philanthropy, but by entrepreneurial measures that allow music education to stand alone outside of academia and create well paying, professional careers for future passionate educators.

Comment on and – another email by ira2

ira2 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:37:50 +0000

Ohhhhhhhhhh brother. What a waste of time

Comment on email by ira2

ira2 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:08:22 +0000

Are Paul and John from Nigeria?

Comment on songs on white keys by elfenbein klaviermusik notes » Blog Archive » In Defense of Key Signatures, Accidentals, Double Sharps and Double Flats

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:38:18 +0000

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Comment on Christmas Letter by Mark Nichols

Mark Nichols — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:52:24 +0000

President Carter is the finest example of statesmanship, of humanity, that this country has produced in a long, long time.

Comment on songs on white keys by Sibylle

Sibylle — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:33:39 +0000

It reminds me of how, when I was a young child, I learned to count: I got all the way to one hundred, and then, in order to simplify (and bolster my self-esteem?), I was taught to continue, “one hundred, two hundred, three hundred,” and so on. I was so proud.

Imagine my embarrassment and subsequent anger when, some time later, I-don’t-remember-who heard me count and laughed at me, “That’s not how one counts!! It goes ‘one hundred, one hundred one, one hundred two,’…”

I wish whoever taught me to count the wrong way had had the guts to say something like, “Honey, beyond ‘one hundred’ is too difficult just yet; we’ll save that for later” rather than teach me incorrectly just because I was pestering him/her to teach me more.

Comment on songs on white keys by Mark Nichols

Mark Nichols — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09:12 +0000

Not only is a “teacher” who doesn’t fully explain concepts because “it would be too difficult and the students wouldn’t get it” doing her students a disservice by not teaching them, she is doing harm by implying they lack something necessary to understand the concept. It is the *teachers* responsibility to prepare the students to grasp new concepts and incorporate them into their understanding of the subject at hand.

The unspoken message that “you aren’t good enough” is hugely damaging to self esteem.

Comment on What good are the Arts? by Jeraldine Herbison

Jeraldine Herbison — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:40:16 +0000

At its best, the arts make time worth passing through. It guarantees no more than any other kind of academic or spiritual endeavor. Neither can it make us virtuous or more intelligent. The arts, however, can cause us to strive for noble causes and higher levels of knowledge.
The same curiosity, desire to uncover or discover, to organize and arrange , to collect, save, share, and communicate, are as much the reason for the arts, as the purpose should be for maintaining them.