To be precise it is "42."
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of G Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:40 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Teaching Children The meaning of life is whatever meaning you choose to give it. Gary --- debbie wenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Howard Sanner, you are very smart. > In reply to your comments, only some of which I do > not disagree, > > Howard said....."How do they define a "serious" > student? Around here it > seems that > >music lessons are rarely more than a stop between > soccer practice and > >karate class. The kids are taking lessons because > their parents want them > >to " > > One can take this to the next level. You are > dealing with parents who have > disposable income. OK, right now, I am in a funk, > because I am dealing with > the poorest. Not soccer and karate kids. > > All kids love music. Wahh, I am not finding fault > with anyone's > observations. I am just in a funk, life is hard, > and if you don't have $, > you will not get the benefits of exposure that $ > provides. > > I am glad I live in the US. I wish I was smart > enough and secure enough to > belong to one of the humanitarian foundations. I am > not in that class, I am > just trying to survive, and not be in too much > credit card debt. > > What is the meaning of life, anyway? > > I don't expect anyone to answer this by the way. > > > Sincerely, > Debbie Wenger > > > > > > >From: Howard Sanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> > >To: horn@music.memphis.edu > >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Teaching Children > >Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:22:25 -0400 > > > >G says: > > > > > > >>they won't take a > >>student unless they are serious about learning to > play > >>the horn, oboe, or trumpet. > > > > > > [snip] > > > >>Funny...I was always under the impression that the > >>goal of teaching music to children was to give > them an > >>appreciation for music, not to create the next > Dale > >>Clevenger, Joseph Robinson, or Bernie Adelstein. > > > > > > How do they define a "serious" student? Around > here it seems that music > >lessons are rarely more than a stop between soccer > practice and karate > >class. The kids are taking lessons because their > parents want them to or > >because a (mis-) guidance counselor at school has > said it will make them > >more attractive to colleges. The kids don't > actually practice, of course. > > > > At least this is what I hear from the majority of > my friends who teach > >privately. > > > > Personally, I wouldn't expect a kid to be the next > Joe Anderer or to want > >to major in music; but I would expect him to want > to learn to play the > >horn. Besides, no teacher can create another > Anderer (or Clevenger or > >Robinson). > > > > Howard Sanner > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >_______________________________________________ > >post: horn@music.memphis.edu > >unsubscribe or set options at > >http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/vtagirl%40hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon. > http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapr il07 > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/beowulf_36%40yahoo.com > Get Firefox!!http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
