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Date Posted: 11:02:32 05/01/07 Tue
Author: Jessalyn
Subject: Re: Bad Kiddies
In reply to: Derek 's message, "Bad Kiddies" on 09:52:13 05/02/06 Tue

I think its competely wrong to take a student out froma music class. We all have many intellegences, and for some that may be music. Some people are going to be gifted in the art of music making, where as others are good at math. The schools need to start recognizing this and if they truly want their students to excell they need to allow them to do so. Not threaten to take classes away.

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[> Re: Bad Kiddies -- Brian B., 20:50:22 05/08/07 Tue [1]

The points that everyone has made in this thread are all very good. Taking a student away from something that he/she is very good at is very detremental to the student and should be avoided at all costs. However, it would be completely unethical to tell a star player in sports that his grades are too low in choir so he/she will have to be removed and then turn around and say that a student that is doing poorly in gym classes should still be allowed to do band. In the example given by Derek, the best solution would be for the music teacher to approach the student and sit down and discuss what is going wrong in the other classes just as a sports coach would with his players. In that way, the student would be forced to address the issues with someone that he/she has a positive relationship with and work out viable solution. In any case, taking a student out of something they excel at would not be beneficial to the student, however, the equality to the other activities must be considered. This exposes a evil in how the schools are set up in that music activities, art and sports are considered extra-curricular activities when in fact they are important enough to be part of the curriculum for those students who don't excel in other academic fields.

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