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Perhaps they want something you don't?

We're not sporty but musical, and I took pains to choose a teaching method that would suit us as well as a great teacher. It's VERY expensive, but the difference in quality of teaching is incredible. However, non-musical parents probably wouldn't care.

So the rec tier is perhaps just for the families who want to occupy their children and have fun doing an activity they like. The upper tier is for families who care about becoming as proficient as possible in that particular sport (or in our case, music).

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I'm the OP. Music is different. Theater is different. The arts, in general, are different.[/quote]

We are a family that values music a lot, and sinks as much money into it as many parents do for sports. And my kids could not be less sporty. And I am going to disagree.  We have no belief that our kids will be professional musicians, go to Julliard, etc..  My strings player will almost certainly not be YoYo Ma.  But, it still has value. The kids have band and orchestra friends.  They learn a lot about patience and perseverance and working with a group. They study hard-- and a lot, and I like that they have one class period where they get balance.  Hopefully, they will appreciate music, and play music recreationally for life.  And yes, it rounds out college applications.  Which are a lot of the same reasons kids play sports. But I don't think my kids' music has more intrinsic value, for them or society, than sports. Or that sports are more valuable than the arts. It depends on the kid, their talents  and the family-- but kids can get a lot of value out of either. [/quote]

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