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To: Cliff Daniel who wrote (1531)	9/7/1998 11:06:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) of 4711

Cliff-- They will be taught the proper way to write down the road. It's much harder to change poor and ingrained habits than to begin with the correct techniques. This year, with some hesitation, I took on an adult as a piano student. He plays well, but has never been formally taught. It's very difficult for him to go back and relearn and it's also boring. He wants to play "his" way. His fingers don't want to start over, but without the fundamental theory and fingering, he is unable to play beyond a certain proficiency. Creativity isn't really taught, but encouraged. There is no reason it can't be part of the formal grammar course. A lack of structure and control would be more chaotic than creative and would eventually limit the creativity it was intended to nurture. I think many of the education methods of the last twenty or so years have been well-intentioned but misguided. One needs a balance of discipline and freedom. It's a lot harder to add discipline to a skill (or to a life) when one never experienced it!

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