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<h1>Zk | Woo, BS'd another paper x.x</h1>
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<p><span class="tag">diary</span> <span class="tag">livejournal</span> <span class="tag">fossils</span></p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="n">Literacy</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">difficult</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">make</span> <span class="n">visible</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">subject</span> <span class="n">such</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">music</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">will</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="n">best</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">include</span> <span class="n">it</span> <span class="k">at</span> <span class="k">every</span> <span class="n">opportunity</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">can</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">However</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">believe</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="k">language</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">its</span> <span class="n">own</span> <span class="k">right</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">making</span> <span class="n">sure</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="n">students</span> <span class="k">are</span> <span class="n">musically</span> <span class="n">literate</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="n">goal</span><span class="p">.</span>
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<span class="k">Including</span> <span class="n">English</span> <span class="n">literacy</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">difficult</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">accomplish</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Most</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">time</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">spent</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">rehearsal</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">warm</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">ups</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="k">not</span> <span class="n">concert</span> <span class="n">preparation</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Still</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">teacher</span> <span class="n">might</span> <span class="n">ask</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">concert</span> <span class="n">reports</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">required</span> <span class="n">events</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="n">they</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">grade</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">errors</span> <span class="k">instead</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">just</span> <span class="n">attendance</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Also</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">my</span> <span class="n">own</span> <span class="n">choir</span> <span class="n">director</span> <span class="n">offered</span> <span class="n">voluntary</span> <span class="n">research</span> <span class="n">projects</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">several</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">composers</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">lyricists</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">songs</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">we</span> <span class="n">worked</span> <span class="k">on</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">requiring</span> <span class="n">research</span> <span class="k">time</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="k">both</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">library</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">Web</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">well</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">short</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">written</span> <span class="n">document</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="k">read</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">front</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">class</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">While</span> <span class="n">these</span> <span class="k">are</span> <span class="n">quite</span> <span class="n">possible</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">applicable</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">class</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">believe</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="nb">real</span> <span class="n">literacy</span> <span class="n">lies</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="n">itself</span><span class="p">.</span>
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<span class="n">Music</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="k">language</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">its</span> <span class="n">own</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="k">As</span> <span class="n">such</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">time</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">spent</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">making</span> <span class="n">sure</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">kids</span> <span class="k">are</span> <span class="n">actually</span> <span class="n">reading</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">level</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="n">demands</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">and</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="k">some</span> <span class="n">classes</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">even</span> <span class="n">writing</span> <span class="n">music</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">My</span> <span class="n">choir</span> <span class="n">teacher</span> <span class="n">would</span> <span class="n">accomplish</span> <span class="n">this</span> <span class="k">by</span> <span class="n">ad</span> <span class="n">hoc</span> <span class="err">‘</span><span class="n">chord</span> <span class="n">quizzes</span><span class="err">’</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">informal</span> <span class="n">pop</span> <span class="n">quizzes</span> <span class="n">held</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">one</span> <span class="k">or</span> <span class="n">two</span> <span class="n">chords</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">piece</span> <span class="n">we</span> <span class="n">were</span> <span class="n">working</span> <span class="k">on</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">While</span> <span class="n">these</span> <span class="n">were</span> <span class="k">not</span> <span class="n">graded</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">it</span> <span class="n">did</span> <span class="n">give</span> <span class="n">him</span> <span class="n">an</span> <span class="n">idea</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">how</span> <span class="n">well</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="n">was</span> <span class="n">doing</span> <span class="k">when</span> <span class="n">it</span> <span class="n">came</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">musical</span> <span class="n">literacy</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">believe</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">this</span> <span class="n">goes</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="k">show</span> <span class="n">how</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">student</span> <span class="k">reads</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">language</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">same</span> <span class="n">way</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">spelling</span> <span class="n">quiz</span> <span class="n">shows</span> <span class="n">how</span> <span class="n">well</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">student</span> <span class="n">grasps</span> <span class="n">their</span> <span class="n">spoken</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">written</span> <span class="k">language</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">E</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">E</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Cummings</span> <span class="n">wrote</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="err">“</span><span class="k">all</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="n">isn</span><span class="err">’</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">singing</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">merely</span> <span class="n">talking</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="err">”</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">believe</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">this</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="n">particularly</span> <span class="n">applicable</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">class</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">where</span> <span class="k">time</span> <span class="k">not</span> <span class="n">spent</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="k">time</span> <span class="n">spent</span> <span class="err">‘</span><span class="n">merely</span> <span class="n">talking</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="err">’</span> <span class="n">something</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="k">is</span> <span class="k">not</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">focus</span> <span class="k">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">class</span><span class="p">.</span>
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<span class="k">In</span> <span class="n">short</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">think</span> <span class="n">that</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">while</span> <span class="n">English</span> <span class="n">literacy</span> <span class="n">may</span> <span class="n">play</span> <span class="k">some</span> <span class="n">part</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">class</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">firmly</span> <span class="n">believe</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="k">primary</span> <span class="n">literary</span> <span class="n">focus</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="k">With</span> <span class="n">so</span> <span class="n">many</span> <span class="n">similarities</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">spoken</span> <span class="k">or</span> <span class="n">written</span> <span class="k">language</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">same</span> <span class="n">basic</span> <span class="n">building</span> <span class="n">blocks</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">considered</span> <span class="k">when</span> <span class="n">dealing</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">music</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="k">when</span> <span class="n">dealing</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">English</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="k">In</span> <span class="n">addition</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">think</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">cracks</span> <span class="k">and</span> <span class="n">hiding</span> <span class="n">places</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">focused</span> <span class="k">on</span> <span class="n">even</span> <span class="k">more</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">it</span><span class="err">’</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">easy</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">student</span> <span class="k">to</span> <span class="n">hide</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="n">such</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="k">large</span> <span class="k">group</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Musical</span> <span class="n">literacy</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="k">not</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">ignored</span>
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