Michael Gove’s Oboe Playing: Fingers On Lips, Class
by Anorak | 14th, January 2011
MICHAEL Gove says it’s OK for music teacher to touch pupils. His advice forms part of the Education Secretary’s Keeping Children safe in Music Drive. He says:
“Whether it’s adjusting the position of a violin or demonstrating how to handle drumsticks, showing how a trombone slide should work or introducing new subtleties in oboe playing, teachers should be trusted to touch children without feeling they are somehow transgressing the rules.”
Anyone laughing like a teenage adolescent will be sent from the room. Fingers over holes, lips puckered and begin…
Posted: 14th, January 2011 | In: Politicians Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
