^lol wtf

@Reaps Well, considering my uncle just terminated his music teacher career over the fact that he's receiving death threats from students and parents alike on a monthly basis, that's kind of a new thing.

a cat will walk on anything if im trying to focus on it

Your grandparents had to deal with pretty much the entire world being set on fire, your parents probably had to deal with the spectre of nuclear war, and so on

But they were winning lol

It's hard to tell who is winning when you're in the thick of it

What did your uncle recieve threats over and why did that lead him to give up his career?

He's been a teacher for 30 years, and in the last 5, he was having to teach multiple schools a week, in very low income areas. Just general racial death threats.

Was he too obsessed about minors? The scale, I mean.

He went from being a super lefty hippy, to super jaded and wanting to just move out of the city

same

hey that doesnt sound like a bad idea. can he afford it?

lol yeah, all handbuilt homes in several locations

so whats the dip? sounds dope

no reason to teach to dummies if they dont wanna be taught

but honestly why not report to police? parents of students making death threats?

He was that guy that you assumed would be teaching into his 90s

He's reported it, but it's the same as in Parkland

people dont do what others assume always

maybe you should be happy he's safe

They brush it off due to having to keep up appearances for funding

this next generation is probly gonna be heavily homeschooled

I don't think arts and sports take people out of poverty.

hey well is his curric exceptional? he could do what jordan p. is doing, teaching on the web

arts and sports take an insanely low amount of people out of poverty

but unless you play in national leaugues theres no money part of YOUR career, just your college coach

I used to think that an appreciation for the arts would help you climb your way out, but now...

music teaching is maybe important. how else to gain classical training or whatever? i had bad music teachers and wasnt interested in it til later, then i learned how to make computer music by myself. technical help would have been awesome

Nah, it isn't important

just because youre not a professional musician doesnt mean your music training isnt benefitting you

it cant be important to everyone. its important to have it available

I don't see how it can be useful as anything else then a party trick

lots of products require music

Popular conception: Music and art makes you smarter

Reality: Smart people are drawn to music and art

most people don't make that kind of products@M4Gunner

In a poor area, it's a matter of priorities. The immediate problem is poverty, not lack of cultural enrichment.

most people dont cure cancer

music will spring up in those areas naturally. they dont get into commercial s††† as much

@DanielKO It's their fucking culture that's making them poor, though

Culture is the problem kids.

if youre poor its not a good idea to go for a career like that if you wanna be an artist about it. youd be smarter to work in production