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Music is key and should not be cut
Published Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I am pleased to see the articles in the paper relating to choir. I feel that publishing these topics will show people how important music is to our schools.
Often citizens under-appreciate the value of musical art. For example: Anytime we have funding issues the first place they look to cut is music.
If students are being successful in this area they cut it?
We have other areas that could be cut. Take the cheerleaders. I have nothing against them, but if kids at school don’t pay attention to them why do we have them? The same goes for our sports teams who manage to lose every game.
I guess my point is they should rethink where our school is excelling and where our school is lacking. While all the activities are important to someone, they may not be doing anything for our schools.
Mollie Hernandez
Albert Lea
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Posted by nisperos (anonymous) on March 31, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I happen to think that music is an important part of a school program. However, sports and cheer-leading are important parts of other student's lives and give them opportunities to learn things beyond whether or not they are winning or whether or not other kids at school pay attention to them.
Your argument is not persuasive to me because it's almost like the argument that if schools don't meet "no child left behind" standards, then we should reduce their funding or if some students don't do good in math or reading we shouldn't make them take those classes because they aren't successful in those areas. (So, maybe they aren't tops in certain subjects, but should we give up on them and say there's no hope of significant improvement?)
Perhaps you could do a little more research and talk about how music can help in other areas of people's lives (and academic subjects) or talk about music as a career and what preparation you might want before pursing post high school education.
Posted by nisperos (anonymous) on March 31, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
BTW, if you are serious about music as a career, you might want to learn other languages (especially Italian, which you might not have a chance to take until college).
I've known a few people who ended up with music careers.
One, a woman, was also into plays and visual arts and participated in summer parks and rec talent programs and lots of church stuff. She ended up with an opera company in a major city in the SW United States.
Another person, a fellow, went to college in the East, then later went to the West coast for a graduate degree where he also met his future spouse who became a HS music teacher. They later moved back East where she taught music and he spent lots of time singing paid church functions and private gigs and even singing at Italian restaurants. He's now gone back and gotten credentials and a graduate degree to teach HS math (and the couple has started a family)...
Hold fast to your dreams, learn some related skills, and don't put all your eggs in one basket. Good luck!
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