To: vocalist
Subject: Re: 11 year old Kathryn Alison Acker
Date sent: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:59:16 PST
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

I'm a little concerned that my teacher refers to me as "my big honking
mezzo."


>From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)"
>Reply-To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
>To: vocalist
>Subject: Re: 11 year old Kathryn Alison Acker
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:13:33 -0500 (CDT)
>
>John wrote to Dean:
>
> >I read "My 11 year old singer". Does that mean she
>'belongs' to you? In what capacity do you 'own' her
>exactly?
>
>I believe Dean was simply referring to one of his voice students. All of
>us
>teachers tend to think of our students as "ours," because we invest a lot
>of
>time, energy, and emotions in their development.




Elizabeth Finkler
mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com

"No man should be forced to pay his own bills. The basis of any civilized
society is unlimited credit." --Oscar Wilde

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