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[quote=Anonymous]DD came home from school with the flyer for upcoming selection of instruments for kids who are interested.  She already plays piano and we were pretty excited about the chance to add another instrument...that is until her teacher got ahold of her.  When she brought the flyer home, she said she no longer wanted to play an instrument because the teacher made it a point to tell the class that if they break out for lessons that they will have to make up that work.

Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure that the lessons will be all of 30 minutes once per week.  DD is a straight A student and I highly doubt she will have issues making up the time, especially since there will likely be multiple students coming and going during the day for lessons and my guess is that instruction will be slower all day due to that as well.  WHY would the teacher need/want to discourage little kids from music, especially with the arts so underrepresented in school these days.

Sorry just needed to vent.[/quote]

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