I think every music educator has probably struggled with how to convince kids to stick with music. As a middle school band director, I am still trying to figure out how to get my 14-year-old students to agree that they should want to give up three weeks of their summer, every Friday and Saturday of the Fall, and two nights a week just so they can keep playing an instrument in high school. Help me out if you have any brilliant ideas on that one! I also teach orchestra, and 80-90% of those students continue in high school, but enough about me. The blog entry below is a beautiful expression of the importance of music in student's lives, and something I hope every music educator can communicate as eloquently!
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Wow. This is really well said! I particularly like the idea of high school preparing students not for jobs, but for life.
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