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From:  Mezzoid@a...
Mezzoid@a...
Date:  Wed Feb 21, 2001  3:00 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] the value of a music degree


In a message dated 02/21/2001 2:25:04 AM Central Standard Time,
ibracamonte@y... writes:
ibracamonte@y... writes:

<< What does a college degree give that one can't put together better, living
in a city (San Francisco, in my case) and studying
languages/theory/piano/voice/coachings on my own, reading music history and
autobiographies, going to the symphony and opera and ballet and concerts?
What could a degree program possibly provide me with that I can't recreate on
my own? >>


I think this is the same argument that I have with homeschooling vs.
traditional educational systems -- the social interaction from working with
peers, the networking opportunities, the lack of distractions from day to day
life in the ideal circumstances of the educational environment....

Now that I'm putting on my flame protection from homeschoolers, discuss!!

Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html">
http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html</A>

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"


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9669 Re: the value of a music degree Shannon   Wed  2/21/2001   4 KB
9685 Re: the value of a music degree Reg Boyle   Thu  2/22/2001   2 KB

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