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School forces classical music onto unruly pupils

post #1 of 20
1/20/10 at 7:32am
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From a BBC news story today, a school has been making unruly pupils listen to classical music during detention. The idea of listening to classical music was so abhorrent to these teenagers that the detention rates fell by over a half.

There was more to it than that - it was just one part of a long term discipline improvement programme, but the idea did make me smile. One young girl interviewed said that the very idea of listening to classical music was, like, so awful?

The ironic twist in the tail is that some of the young rascals actually grew to quite like the typical diet of Bach, Verdi and Mozart. It gave them a moment of calm in their otherwise frantic lives.
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post #2 of 20
1/20/10 at 9:10am
Good way to give classical music a bad rep.
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post #3 of 20
1/20/10 at 11:42am
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Originally Posted by FalconP View Post
Good way to give classical music a bad rep.

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This is actually very insulting to classical fans IMHO. But it was nice to see that some actually liked it.
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post #4 of 20
1/20/10 at 12:30pm
Music is not punishment.
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post #5 of 20
1/20/10 at 4:38pm
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Music is not punishment.
I don't know. Remember the Barney "I love you" song being piped into captured war prisoners cells a few years back? Sounded like punnishment to me.
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post #6 of 20
1/20/10 at 4:52pm
i'd actually want detention.
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post #7 of 20
1/20/10 at 5:10pm
Music should definitely become a compulsory subject in some form (because it is a huge part of life and reflected/appreciated in Gardner's theories of intelligence). This isn't the way to do it.
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post #8 of 20
1/20/10 at 5:12pm
I was just reminded that the high school where my fiancee used to teach would pipe classical music through the halls after-hours. As much as I love classical music, I would have to say that the effect of classical music being piped through the school PA speakers was kind of creepy.
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post #9 of 20
1/20/10 at 5:53pm
Probably didn't sound very good either.
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post #10 of 20
1/20/10 at 6:27pm
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Probably didn't sound very good either.
Yeah, that special brand of low-fi that is school PA speakers was a big part of the creep factor.

Now if only we could properly prioritize school funding and put a B&W Nautilus setup in every classroom.
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post #11 of 20
1/21/10 at 1:20am
I have a friend who teaches and uses "classical" music in detention. She plays recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins, which is just about as bad as it gets. For backup she uses Mrs. Miller's recordings. Just thinking of that version of Downtown makes me chuckle.
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post #12 of 20
1/21/10 at 4:25am
Sad.

Back when I was in high school detention just meant that we had to sit up straight for an extra half hour in complete silence. I would have LOVED it if we had to listen to classical music. Not that I was in detention much but classical music would have been great.
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post #13 of 20
1/21/10 at 3:26pm
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I don't know. Remember the Barney "I love you" song being piped into captured war prisoners cells a few years back? Sounded like punnishment to me.
Yep, and there was that uproar about rock music being used too. I think any music would work in that case though, because I don't imagine it would be pleasant to be forced to hear music all day and every day.

Anyhow, I actually find it rather amusing (and a shame at the same time) that the children despise classical so much that they'd behave well to avoid detention.
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post #14 of 20
1/21/10 at 4:05pm
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Yep, and there was that uproar about rock music being used too. I think any music would work in that case though, because I don't imagine it would be pleasant to be forced to hear music all day and every day.

Anyhow, I actually find it rather amusing (and a shame at the same time) that the children despise classical so much that they'd behave well to avoid detention.

Most likely they dont even have an idea what good classical music might be, possibly even having no idea what it is and just think it as some ancient dumb thing?
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post #15 of 20
1/21/10 at 7:08pm
Well since im 16 ill interject. I used to hate classical music because it was shown to me at a young age in school and when ever it was played it reminded me of school. The classical music that was introduced to was on a lo-fi system, which probably turned me off.

When i was 10 or so me and my father used to take trips to a local I-Max and that gave me my first experience of high fidelity sound. This high fidelity sound turned me onto what really was classical music; before it was some lame sounds coming out of a boombox now it was something beautiful and timeless.

I think people around me see this as punishment because it reminds them of a bad experience of music class when they were young. Remember, music is a firm link to memory's. If they don't like it it probably connects them to a bad memory if they do like it, it connects good to a great memory.
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