Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let's face it our system of public education is failing because of budget reductions and teach to the test. We will someday need to learn, if we are still capable, that we need to now more than how to add and subtract and to read. Our expectations for children are lower by the year. The political mess we find ourselves in today is the result of civics classes being cut so we can teach people how to read over many years, and look what we get! -----Original Message----- From: Sonny Carter Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:47 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] US inferior in education? Not exactly the state of Japanese High School Music education. Swing Girls is a movie comedy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Girls Our High School Orchestra is pretty dang good, if you ask me. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > All females ;-) > > Tina > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > The US is clearly inferior in musical education. See: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=L7N6slVrQeY&vq=medium > > My kid's high school band could never play like that. > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information