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Mandatory testing and too much money to bureaucrats instead of a broad liberal arts based education and a living wage for teachers.

"Because the corporate powers that control the media and bought politicans with cash payoffs decided in the early 80's to "dumb down" the entire US population.

By introducing "info-tainment" and confusing fact with fiction (a specialty of the current president) and deleting arts education, we've arrived at the abysmal place where we are today."

Got to agree with that. The attention span of the average American today appears to be about 5 minutes. Local TV news in the Boston area is absurd. Sad, very sad.

Paul :-)

Just make sure they stay AWAY from rap, for starters.

Short answer: State and federal funding for the arts in school is drying up. My daughters school is barely surviving with its music program.

Though it's a public school, it relies heavily on fundraisers and donations from the parents, as the state funding is starting to dwindle.

Honestly, you cannot make a child appreciate higher or refined levels of music unless it starts in the home. At least when I play "Swan Lake", my daughter starts playing around and fakes ballet moves she saw at the Nutcracker.

My 2-year old son "gooves" to KOB, when it starts. He digs the separation of instruments playing "Way Out West" Sonny Rollins.

Start them young in the home ....

Blame it on MTV.