Education Next – Alicia Arman
““You can’t play music on a piece of paper.” Those were the first words a little boy I’ll call Michael said to me when he walked in the doors of summer theater camp. I was 18, just months away from starting my first year at Berkeley. I was ready to do my part in shaping the young artists of my hometown as a drama teacher (in training) at one of the myriad theater camps in the area. I’d done this before and knew what to expect: kids are kids, I thought, and these kids would be like all the others—bouncy, bubbly, full of life, and totally normal. I wasn’t expecting anyone to yell, “You can’t play music on a piece of paper.” I wasn’t expecting Michael.”(more)