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Re: Math is an Art
Posted:
Feb 21, 2012 10:41 AM
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This is a bit tangential, but it was an interesting
revelation to me to see what a truly outstanding teacher could accomplish with just a set of (I dare not say average!) students in a typical American High School.
My first son went to a public High School where the class
sizes are about 80 per grade. They aren't big enough to mount a football team but they do have a concert band, and marching band, and occasionally a rock or jazz band, and an a capella choir. Two musicals are staged each year and the students form a pit orchestra. 75% of the students participate in the music program in one way or another, sometimes belonging to all the groups. The a capella choir was good enough last year to be a finalist (top 10) in a radio contest against
200 other competitors.
There was one teacher running all this without a formal assistant. He taught large numbers students how to play
all and any of the various band instruments even though they had no prior experience. He is truly a real life "Mr. Holland". (He just recently retired.)
He has a degree from Juilliard.
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