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Originally Posted by cornetguy  Even the music education degree doesn't ensure a job. i have one and right now am working with low functioning mentally retarded junior high boys with violent behavior problems. because of the state budget cuts. having said that i woudl encourage the music ed degree because there is at least the chance. i also would rather see undergraduates go to a school that has a really good liberal arts department so they are well rounded. i am with mr. carroll i really resent the attitude today of so many people that college is a glorified vocational school rather then producing graduates that know something about culture and have been exposed to the classics in music, art, literature, drama and (hopefully ) can think and reason for themself. |
I to am in the same boat. I've been hunting a teaching gig for 4 years now and if the prospects fall through this time around..... I'll probably go sell insurance.
Mr. Carroll makes a very valid point. I think kids need to "tune out" to their ipods/iphones and tune in to some of the great music around. When I was in my teens, I couldn't wait to go see The Cleveland Orchestra or Cleveland Jazz Orchestra play.... it was like a high for me. Now some of the kids I know don't even know Cleveland has a major orchestra.... let alone where they play.
I'm sub-contracted through the high school to teach private lessons and combos and I've noticed a trend over the past few years.... kids play "guitar hero" better than their own horns and it bums me out.
. The best we can do is our job and what we feel as educators is the right thing to do. If we reached one student, that's better than none at all.
Sorry, didn't mean to stray to far from the post, but I don't think the music profession is the only one suffering. There are a great deal of educators out there (i.e. Wynton) who are trying to get things back to "how they were". I commend those who are going to school for music, but also agree that they should have something to fall back on.