[TPIN] Convince the Administrators ...Why Teach Music !!!

[William Graham]

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From: "Nanette Kappus" <binak at rochester.rr.com>
To: <elw at workman-net.org>; "Leon Merian" <lmerian at tampabay.rr.com>
Cc: "tpin" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Convince the Administrators ...Why Teach Music !!!


> Ellis is right on in-regards to the Music program / Administrator problem 
> / Coach egomaniac.  Years ago, my father got along with the coaches of the 
> school he was music director at, but now days, having had three kids 
> graduate, the music / coach problem is much worse.  Everyone is always 
> fighting for a free weeknight for a game or a concert.  Throw in the 
> administrators personalities, [oxymoron ] and you have a constant cat 
> fight. It is at the point where the parents square off with one another, 
> arguing that his "Johnny" is more important to the school as a football 
> star then her "Jenny" who is in the All-state band. I got so sick of it. 
> It is a proven fact that no other skill uses more of the brain at the same 
> time as music does, yet the school music program has become a constant 
> threat to a school budget.  God forbid we should cut the football program. 
> My brother is a music director in a high school also and after 35 years 
> the one constant in his career has been a terrible school Administrator or 
> a coach who doesn't care about anything but the next win.
> Keep fighting the budget cuts! Go to the School Board meetings and make 
> your opinion heard. Our kids will be hurt by a future without school music 
> programs and I want to some day attend my grandkids concerts, plays and 
> yes, sports programs.  {That is, when I have grandkids. I am much to young 
> for that now!}  :>)
>
> Nanette L. Kappus

Well, pardon me for the off-topic comment, but many years ago I said that 
charging money for scholastic sporting events (and, I suppose any scholastic 
event) is a bad thing to do. - I still believe that. Schools are meant to 
educate, and not generate money. When they start to generate money, their 
educational objectives are compromised.........