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[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago

Just an observation from a mathematician: I’ve never heard this comment from someone who was competent in high school maths. Whenever I mention that I’m a mathematician and someone responds how they “never got on” with maths, usually the next thing to leave their mouth is some gripe about financial literacy.

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Am I the on,y one who never had to play a recorder?

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[–] markz@suppo.fi 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pleasant memories. The asshole next to blew as hard as he could point blank to my ear. Fuck I hate those things.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got detention for a week because when one of my classmates did this to me I hit him with mine.

No ragerts.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 2 weeks ago

One assault for another

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Did anyone here watch American Pie? I thought the benefit of this instrument is clear from that movie.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Isn't she using a "flûte traversière" in that movie (not sure of the English name, "sideways flute"?).

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is a flute. This is a recorder. It's just not the same putting it up there.

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Now that its 10 years since I last set foot in a school, I hold three opinions about the public school system (in Germany; check yourself what applies to your country):

  1. Schools are an institution where adolescents are detained during the day, so their parent(s) can work and not worry about their children setting fire to the city.
  2. A lot of the curriculum doesn’t prepare you for life. And it’s not meant to. Instead it forces you to engage with a topic for a longish period of time without the possibility to quit. That is supposed to allow you to see if you find the problems that topic poses interesting and if you like finding solutions for these problems.
  3. Schools should put more emphasis on life skills.
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ya'll won't be laughing when people are paying me good money to get the snakes out of their cities.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Looking back I'm actually confused why this was even a thing. Did Big Recorder have deals with schools to push this? Is Big Recorder a thing?

We only ever used them for like 3 weeks and then it was on to the next thing. Haven't touched it since.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wasn't given an instrument to learn to read music, also I was taught the Kodály method, which is quite bad for this purpose, also we were taught the doremi instead of the proper letter names of the notes for years, which is not absolute, thus I never learned how to read music that way. When I learned the guitar, I learned sheet music so well I can still read it, although not at a fast pace anymore.

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

Shit, that's even a Yamaha. They make a pretty decent entry level recorder.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Damned musicians!

How can ye exploit the workers if ye doon’t et yer meeeet!!

[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I cast vicious mockery, Nat 20. Let's F'ckn go!

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[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair though if someone can't count up to four then financial literacy probably isn't in their future.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you've tried art, and discovered it's not for you. That's still better than not having tried art at all in first place. You at least know where you stand in regards to that question now. ...Or at least I hope so.

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You got a Yamaha? We got the semitransparent plastic blue ones.

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