Stop forcing your kid to learn a musical instrument 

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114733/stop-forcing-your-kids-learn-musical-instrument

To cut or not to cut...? That is the question

Main Reasonings for cutting

- COSTS

- TAKING TIME AWAY FROM OTHER COURSEWORK

-COSTS

Music education come at unacceptable costs. Schools across the country have cut all of their arts programs, including music education, in the wake of major funding cuts by state governments struggling to balance their budgets during the economic downturn. I won't go to deep into the COSTS subject because of my previous post about it.

-TAKING TIME AWAY FROM OTHER COURSEWORK

Students devote way too much time to their music that they barely focus on whats important, their core studies. Furthermore, taking part in musical activities was not associated with better academic performance for the middle school children who were studied by Davenport (2010). Some students become addictive to their music. Like any stimulating obsession, the power of art eventually overwhelms  its lover, turning affection into slavery: addiction.

Budget Cuts to Art Programs in Schools

Budget Cuts to Art Programs in Schools

Thoughts on music education being taught in schools..

Music Education is not a tool that is used for test scores, its for creativity. 

Three main reasons as to why schools should CUT music education:

1. EXPENSE

2. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION BETWEEN STUDENTS

3. DISTRACTION FROM ACADEMICS

The expense of music education:

Schools have a limited amount of budget for each of their courses. Music education is not a cheap course. It is a huge budget concern for most schools. One of the reasonings behind this is the instruments that are required are quite expensive. Not only do the schools have to provide the instruments, but they also have to provide the space for the students to learn. Not to mentions the annual concerts that are planned. BUT we're not done yet, there's one last piece to this puzzle.. you have to also include the music instructors and music faculty. They get a paycheck and where do you think that money comes from.. the school's music budget. Like I just previously stated, music education is NOT a cheap course. There is many aspects that are included in it that I can understand why so many schools are starting to cut it from their curriculum, now do you understand?

The promotion of competition between the students:

Music education promotes rivalry and competition among students. Who doesn't want to be the best at something? Most young students are competitive in everything that they do. In most music programs across the world, students compete for certain chairs, solos on stage, and different positions. Students practice from days on end just to oust their peers so they can be ranked higher in the section. This creates problem among children including competitive values and bad feelings of students. The development of their futures could be effected by these problems. And who would want to fund a course that promotes that type of potential behavior?

Students distraction from academics: 

If someone cares more about one thing then another, it makes since that they will focus more on the thing they care about most, right? With this being said I am talking about how some students care more about their music then they do their academics. This hinders students' learning in more important areas of studies. Students tend to spend too much time on practicing their instruments rather then study for their core classes. Not to mention their music trips and music concerts that they are required to attend to will affect students abilities to study and do their homework. Now would you want your student to do better in their music class or the class that actually will count for the future?

SOURCES: http://www.ehow.com/info_8136295_negatives-music-school.html