Changes that schools should make:

cleverscreenname

cleverscreenname

Most kids don't like music classes and certainly don't find them cool and enjoyable, and band kids are ripe for getting picked on.
But a large part of school curriculum are to prepare students to be better prepared for adult life, right?
Music classes offer a ton of instruments for students to learn and rent, mainly classical.
Why don't they have guitars, bass guitars, drum kits, and singing (for genres other than Dolly Parton)?
Statistics show that Entertainment is one of the largest, most successful categories of USA exports. Wouldn't there be much higher potential of successful adults if the majority could always fall back on performing rock songs, or other popular genres, such as FM radio exposure?
 
Good for you for taking up a more serious topic... I tend to agree but can't be sure of what the hell is going on in schools nowadays let alone music... A great many kids lack enough discipline to learn a musical instrument these days... plenty of schools have just gotten rid of a music program at all no need to develop the creative side of the brain if there's just going to be a life of economic slavery ahead...

It was alot different back in my day... back as a Freshman in HS I worked nights on weekends janitorial to eventually buy a bass guitar & amp then listened-jammed to records to train the ear (most important really even today listening I am decompiling chords-melodies in my head) then joined Band & StageBand in HS though I played upright bass in Band that they already had there...

OK maybe at this point some might think I'm bullshitting as I was a HAM operator too but wait, also a comic book artist... The reason I could do all these things was that my parents had got rid of the TV set back when I was in 5th grade... Even when later on I'd see it at friends homes it all looked fake & stupid by then...

But kids nowadays have way too much screen stimulus which doesn't help, the food supply is pure shite as well the last time I saw school cafeteria food (2009) I just about soiled myself plus parenting sucks nowadays as nobody beats their kids asses for acting up thus they become adult adolescents who live stream temper tantrums...
 
I was nodding my head to each sentence of yours that I read. It's a wonderful feeling to have our eyes opened and see the hands pulling the puppet strings. It's amazing to see how stimulated the rest of the brain becomes without TV. I'm just surprised you learned so much about computers and video games.
BellicoseBloke said:
adult adolescents who live stream temper tantrums...
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and get paid for it :rolleyes:
 
Well, I don't know much about computers not nearly like you do & I apologize for going too far off topic... Fact is that if schools were teaching JUST music but decent music & forget all the social engineering classes that would be great, who cares what instruments any of them wanna play... Keep them away from internet/smart phones/TV at all costs lest the mentality mimic Idiocracy (2006) which is already happening...
 
You're the only other person talking. Feel free to talk about anything you like LOL perhaps I should have stayed in the Hmm Off Topic thread. I freakin love that movie, I've told people it should be required watching in schools. It teaches very important facts, and treats you like you have a brain by letting you draw your own parallels and conclusions, and it's got wonderful humor, entertainment, pacing, and a talented cast, and the guy gets the girl!! Two thumbs way way up.

While growing up, everyone told me I should go to college for a computer-related degree and make a career out of it. I always turned that down, because I enjoy using computers so much at home for relaxation and entertainment: mainly music, some games/movies/shows/software. I didn't want to add another 8 hours a day staring at a screen and then despise the home computer.
 
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Yes, You both are spot on... I do still like Idiocracy, especially when he breaks line in the prison scene & says to the guard "I'm Not Supposed To Be Here..." Then the guard wallops him "Then What Are You Doin' Here Dumbass?!"... Then he turns to the other guard at the gate "Let This Dumbass Out, He's Not Supposed To Be Here!!" Who knew it'd be that easy to flee prison? HaHAH!!

I see your point, cleverscreenname... Who wants to be enslaved by something you enjoy so will begin to hate it...

Degrees aren't what they used to be... Too many unemployed 'with paper' these days even some homeless...

You all might find this revealing or entertaining, especially since it involves 'blue collar' paper types, excuse the length...

Back in 1987-88 I was on unemployment, my brother-in-law who was like 120 miles from us asked "Why don't you come work in my shop a few days a week for extra money?... You're the only mechanic I have never had to work behind, I have too much work!"..

So I did, Upon arrival I see there's a helluva lotta cars-trucks parked... I asked him are you advertising?... NOPE! Most these are from work! You see he worked during the day as a Journeyman Mechanic at Consolidated Freight all this work at home was just 'side work'...

I asked "What?!!... These come from the OTHER mechanics?!"... he said "Yup!...They are journeymen but they don't know how to work on their cars, they have just passed 'tests' & work on assembly line sort of environment"..."They are mechanical idiots"... He continued "You don't know how many times when leaving work one will yell over 'Doug, WAIT!... My car won't start! Have a look!"...

One time I went on a parts run with him & he went to CS to grab a few tools & I saw the dozens of bays, Tall-wide Snap-on boxes 20-40 grand invested in tools you'd think these guys could fix anything, I even met a mechanic who's truck I was presently working on!!

Boy, there sure were some advantages to working there... Doug had come to visit us & I had a small toolbox I was going through, It had been on a boat I had bought & most the tools were too far gone corrosion beyond thunderdome... Whilst BSing he suddenly said "WAIT!" & grabbed a crescent wrench & went into my wirewheel, "I can warrfanty this!... It's Blue Point which is old Snap-on".... I said "They won't do that They don't cover that kinda damage!"... He said "They'll cover it at CS or they will be forced to leave permanently, I never have a problem even if it's abuse one time I warranteed a 3/8 ratchet which was broken & he asked what happened, I said I just put a 6 foot pipe on it to see what it would take to break it!!... The Snap-on guy just laughed & tossed him another one"...

Doug also told me these mechanics are afraid of being fired as they have no knowledge about doing any 'real work'....

There, done...
 
So as far as music I think there should be a balance... Kids should also be taught survival & self-reliance... young males can't change a tire nor put up a shelf, Young females can't boil water, cook nor mend clothing... It's way beyond thunderdome...

As prices of all the fake foods at the stores soar further the best sources of alternative foods are right in one's backyards or nearby forests... Gardening is a pain & just try it with night critters all over the place...

Take pine needle tea... If you have any kinda pine tree (you will know if it is if it has CONES) & grab a large handful then take inside & chop up fine then percolate for 20 minutes or so... You then got a tea that is naturally sweet with twice the vitamin C of orange juice...

And all for free, yet unadvertised...
 
BellicoseBloke said:
Take pine needle tea... If you have any kinda pine tree (you will know if it is if it has CONES) & grab a large handful then take inside & chop up fine then percolate for 20 minutes or so... You then got a tea that is naturally sweet with twice the vitamin C of orange juice...
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Bark, twigs or needles? I tried with needles, chopped them fine, brewed them for 20 minutes, filtered the brew and... eeech! :eek:
Did I do something wrong or is good old pinus nigra unsuited for the purpose?
 
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