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Originally Posted by deltav
Unfortunately music & the arts in general are being gutted right now in the American school system. Now it's just about teaching students to perform well on the standardized tests at the cost of most else, so the various school districts can get a leg up fighting for the budget crumbs. Like I said earlier, I think in a generation or two we're gonna see the large-scale results of this, and it won't be pretty.
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I'm only now understanding and appreciating the value of learning music instead of simply appreciating it. Learning it was not stressed to me growing up and I wish it was.