You would need some serious statistics to prove that an education in music is actually going to be of an advantage to someone to convince me that it should be a mandatory part of a childs education.
If a kid wants to learn then sure it should be encouraged but outside of school. Our music classes were rubbish and full of kids who either didn't want to be there as it felt like an after school activity or kids with a keen interest in music who either didnt need to be taught how to play or who didn't pay any attention anyway and taught themselves to play the way they wanted to play. To be fair our music teachers were crap though.
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