▶ Your Answer :
In this set of materials, the writer and lecturer cover the
issue of effectiveness of music classes.
The writer claims that music classes should better be stopped due to meager funding.
However, the lecturer says that music classes are necessary for children.
To begin with, the lecturer
claims that music classes do actually aid other subjects like math and
languages since music is associated with abstract thinking. For example, notation that used in musics might help when
they use fraction in mathematics. This contrasts writer’s argument that, music
classes aren't important as much as math and English.
In addition, the lecturer argues that, instruments that are
needed to be used in schools, can be bought at cheap prices that have been
already used by other people before, further schools are also possible to use
donated instruments. This counters the reading passage’s viewpoint that music programs are costly due to expensive instruments.
Lastly, the lecturer asserts that, children will have
possibilities to become professional musicians which they might be inspired by
something, and although they will not become outstanding musicians it’s quite
rewarding and worthy to learn musics. This cast doubt on the writer’s claim
that most of children will not get much benefits as compared to the efforts
they did for the music.
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