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Re: Musical question

Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2018-10-08 20:31

Windy, that might be. I think springing the question on high school students applying to an undergrad program contains a bias in favor of (a) kids lucky enough to be born into a musical family, or one with musical pretensions and money to pay for lessons with a very good, principled and thoughtful teacher, or (b) kids with a ready facility for BS. A thoughtful and talented kid who hasn't spent time considering such a thing before is probably not going to come up with a response they'll be happy with after they've had some time to consider it. From the school's standpoint, going with that bias is likely to produce a higher percentage of success in the program, but from the standpoint of kids who lack those advantages, it can seem unfair. I know I wouldn't have done very well with it in my last year of high school, so I probably wouldn't have wanted to tell Tony what I replied either. It's a good question as a teaching exercise, though.

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