Anonymous
11/07/2025 10:54
Subject: Catholic school Art and Music classes?
Like most parochial schools, ours offers an orchestra program. The school has a contract with a company that offers orchestra programs to a number of Catholic and other private schools around here. The instructor somehow teaches *all* of the instruments. The company's CEO has videos in which he demonstrates how to play all of the instruments, and as a musician myself I'm extremely unimpressed. The company also has videos of end-of-the-year concerts their students have done, and the repertoire is too challenging and the quality of the playing is horrible.
So am I upset at the school for not offering a professional-level orchestra program? Not at all. I'm glad there's an option for kids who want to try music. I do not plan to waste the $500 to enroll my children in the orchestra program, and they will go to private lessons with a competent instructor when they are ready, and eventually likely do youth orchestra. There's just no other way to get good at music. While I would love a school that dedicates a lot of time to training excellent classical musicians, such a school does not exist around here. If we can identify a couple other kids in the program who are doing private lessons I may try to organize a school string quartet eventually and see whether I can get my volunteer hours from coaching the quartet.
So am I upset at the school for not offering a professional-level orchestra program? Not at all. I'm glad there's an option for kids who want to try music. I do not plan to waste the $500 to enroll my children in the orchestra program, and they will go to private lessons with a competent instructor when they are ready, and eventually likely do youth orchestra. There's just no other way to get good at music. While I would love a school that dedicates a lot of time to training excellent classical musicians, such a school does not exist around here. If we can identify a couple other kids in the program who are doing private lessons I may try to organize a school string quartet eventually and see whether I can get my volunteer hours from coaching the quartet.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 10:06
Subject: Catholic school Art and Music classes?
Can you volunteer and actual see what they do? At our catholic school in MD, parents can volunteer for art class (not music) and they learn about all kinds of things. They did a whole project on picasso in 2nd. It was awesome! Music is alot of singing and some musical history and theory but light.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 09:19
Subject: Catholic school Art and Music classes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - have you started multiple threads complaining about your children's school?
Congrats getting the moderator to delete any criticism of BSSM. Thank goodness for Reddit. Lots of great commentary there. And uncensored.
Imagining you throwing yourself on the floor and having a tantrum, with little wisps of steam coming out of your ears.
You seem to be the one throwing tantrums. Lots of TRUTH coming out about bssm — here and elsewhere. Too bad, so sad.
So now that you’ve revealed the truth what’s your plan? Are you going to keep advocating for your children to strangers here on DCUM or are you going to ask for a meeting with the administration or find a school that you like better?
Anonymous
11/07/2025 09:03
Subject: Catholic school Art and Music classes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP - have you started multiple threads complaining about your children's school?
Congrats getting the moderator to delete any criticism of BSSM. Thank goodness for Reddit. Lots of great commentary there. And uncensored.
Imagining you throwing yourself on the floor and having a tantrum, with little wisps of steam coming out of your ears.
You seem to be the one throwing tantrums. Lots of TRUTH coming out about bssm — here and elsewhere. Too bad, so sad.