"You know music education is something very dear to my heart. When I was in high school I had music teacher, a wonderful man named Virgil Sperling who taught me a lot more than scales and keys and how to hold a steady note on the saxophone. He taught me about patience and practice, hard work and dedication and teamwork. The music I made on that first tenor saxophone of mine wasn't always beautiful to …
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…can help you create a strategy and warn you of pitfalls. (NAEP 1998) Most importantly, remember not too give up. It is a noble cause that must succeed, not only for the future of our society, but also, and more importantly, for the success of each individual child. I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning ~ Plato ~