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