Nikki,
Thanks for the vote of support! A lot of my fellow teachers shake their
heads, especially at student-choice [of music] day, but I firmly feel it
helps kids build an understanding of how to work well with others even if
you don't see eye-to-eye. It keeps me versed in their world, too! ;-)
I also think it's a natural mirror of visual art. Music makes the students
more receptive to the experience of things they don't understand and aren't
particularly interested in learning. *My* goal is to get them to like
learning, inspite of themselves!
BW
Diane
>Diane,
>I just wanted to say that I think this is really great...I guess I may
>still
>be considered a kid at 21...but I remember in 8th grade I had a teacher who
>did this and it was my favorite part of the class. She brought in Paul
>Simon, and world music and if my memory wern't so bad I could remember the
>others, but it was great exposure to great music. I remember her playing "I
>Am A Rock" and being really struck by it because I felt like that so many
>times in school since I was listening to Harry Chapin and I think I had
>discovered Joni by then but often felt like that song. I was never doing
>things people my age were supposed to be doing...lol. I just wanted to say
>keep doing this cause I remember how much it meant to me.
>Love Nikki
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
