Microblog Memes

Am I the on,y one who never had to play a recorder?

Did anyone here watch American Pie? I thought the benefit of this instrument is clear from that movie.

why you were forced to learn the recorder in school

Shit, that's even a Yamaha. They make a pretty decent entry level recorder.

Looking back I'm actually confused why this was even a thing. Did Big Recorder have deals with schools to push this? Is Big Recorder a thing?

We only ever used them for like 3 weeks and then it was on to the next thing. Haven't touched it since.

Ya'll won't be laughing when people are paying me good money to get the snakes out of their cities.

Now that its 10 years since I last set foot in a school, I hold three opinions about the public school system (in Germany; check yourself what applies to your country):

1. Schools are an institution where adolescents are detained during the day, so their parent(s) can work and not worry about their children setting fire to the city.
2. A lot of the curriculum doesn’t prepare you for life. And it’s not meant to. Instead it forces you to engage with a topic for a longish period of time without the possibility to quit. That is supposed to allow you to see if you find the problems that topic poses interesting and if you like finding solutions for these problems.
3. Schools should put more emphasis on life skills.

I cast vicious mockery, Nat 20. Let's F'ckn go!

To be fair though if someone can't count up to four then financial literacy probably isn't in their future.

So you've tried art, and discovered it's not for you. That's still better than not having tried art at all in first place. You at least know where you stand in regards to that question now. ...Or at least I hope so.

I never learned an instrument (schools don't teach that here unless its of your own volition) and its not that I'm financially illiterate, I just don't trust anyone with my money. So, I guess knowing how to play a flute or some bullshit like that would be net positive.

Guess I'll keep on whistling while my money slowly becomes worthless.

Damned musicians!

How can ye exploit the workers if ye doon’t et yer meeeet!!

As many comments pointed out already, in the USA we usually learn to play the recorder in 3rd grade. It's not exactly an age where it makes any sense to try and learn how home mortgages work.

Though, I very much recall having some basic "personal finance" education in elementary school. It's the age where you are learning about currency denominations. How many quarters, dimes, etc. to make a dollar.

When I was in high school we were all required to take an "Economics" class where they did try to cover balancing a checkbook and basics like that. I just don't think most kids paid much attention. I know I didn't.

You got a Yamaha? We got the semitransparent plastic blue ones.

yeah recorders sucked.... hey is that the ICQ flower? ah good memories...

why the fuck are you talking about recorders, it's a flute....? (searched for it just right now and found out that's the name in English and it doesn't make sense at all, but OK)

Anyway, they're cheap, light, accessible, straightforward: no complex skill required to blow or get a correct tone. Flute got me into reading music. Terrible teachers unable to comprehend that a teenager needs something fun to play instead of boring music study books got me out of it.