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duga · 02-01-2010, 08:53 PM

second option for me. there are more benefits that come with music than just listening and having fun. it forces your brain to use different areas and to think in different ways. after all, there is research showing that babies and small children that listen to classical music end up being above average once they get to school. i think it also helps to legitimize music. if you are exposing it to kids in an academic setting, they won't feel apprehensive about pursuing it if it is something they really love.

my elementary (primary) school was quite poor, yet we managed to hang on to a music program. it wasn't the best, but it exposed all of us to it. if a crap school like that can keep its music program...ANY school can.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	second option for me. there are more benefits that come with music than just listening and having fun. it forces your brain to use different areas and to think in different ways. after all, there is research showing that babies and small children that listen to classical music end up being above average once they get to school. i think it also helps to legitimize music. if you are exposing it to kids in an academic setting, they won't feel apprehensive about pursuing it if it is something they really love. my elementary (primary) school was quite poor, yet we managed to hang on to a music program. it wasn't the best, but it exposed all of us to it. if a crap school like that can keep its music program...ANY school can. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...