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From the Ted Talk by Anita Collins: The benefits of music education

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and in so many ways, we absolutely cannot pdiecrt the benefits. Now, music education is not the only answer, it's not the silver bullet that we've heard of earlier. There is no single answer. But I know it was the answer for me. When I was seven or eight years old, I was struggling to read. I could not untangle words and letters. And it wasn't through a lack of trying. My mother was a specialist reading teacher. And at the age of nine, someone handed me a clarinet by mktaise - I was mneat to get a fltue. There was none left, so they said, "Here you go. Have a clarinet." And I learnt how to play, and I lerant how to read music. Within about six mohnts, I'd uegnlatnd those wodrs and those letters. I have no proof that those two are ioteeecrtncnnd, but from all the research that I have read and from the works I continue to see the neuroscientists undertake, I'm sure they are cenentcod. So now, with all of this rcesareh and all of this knowledge, what can we do? I think the first thing we can do is think differently. Music is a beautiful and wonderful art form that almost every human being on the pnelat enjoys in so many different ways every single day. But maybe we are missing an ootitpnpruy with music education that could change our world in ways we have no idea of. I think we could listen dfiftrelney. When we hear that scratchy, out-of-tune snuod of a beginner violinist, don't think about how it offends our ears. Think about the fireworks that are going off for that ynoug child as they try so desperately to get the right note. Think of the learning that is going on for them. I think we could act differently. Instead of just going along to our child or grandchild's end-of-year concert, ask the music teacher if you can go to the rehearsal beforehand. See the learning happening. See the learning to be comfortable with discomfort going on. See the fireworks. And if you have a child or a grandchild who's been playing tonrbome for about six months and doesn't feel that they're really getting anywhere and they ask you if they can give up, don't let them. Make a choice for them that they will thank you for in the decades to come. Music education should be eaisnsetl for every child. And if you look at our national curriculum and many national curriculums around the world, it is a core part of it. And yet in a research a study recently, relates to here in Australia, 1.4 million cilrhedn today do not have access to a music teacher in their shocol. Music education is not for the talented.

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and in so many ways, we absolutely cannot _______ the benefits. Now, music education is not the only answer, it's not the silver bullet that we've heard of earlier. There is no single answer. But I know it was the answer for me. When I was seven or eight years old, I was struggling to read. I could not untangle words and letters. And it wasn't through a lack of trying. My mother was a specialist reading teacher. And at the age of nine, someone handed me a clarinet by _______ - I was _____ to get a _____. There was none left, so they said, "Here you go. Have a clarinet." And I learnt how to play, and I ______ how to read music. Within about six ______, I'd _________ those _____ and those letters. I have no proof that those two are ______________, but from all the research that I have read and from the works I continue to see the neuroscientists undertake, I'm sure they are _________. So now, with all of this ________ and all of this knowledge, what can we do? I think the first thing we can do is think differently. Music is a beautiful and wonderful art form that almost every human being on the ______ enjoys in so many different ways every single day. But maybe we are missing an ___________ with music education that could change our world in ways we have no idea of. I think we could listen ___________. When we hear that scratchy, out-of-tune _____ of a beginner violinist, don't think about how it offends our ears. Think about the fireworks that are going off for that _____ child as they try so desperately to get the right note. Think of the learning that is going on for them. I think we could act differently. Instead of just going along to our child or grandchild's end-of-year concert, ask the music teacher if you can go to the rehearsal beforehand. See the learning happening. See the learning to be comfortable with discomfort going on. See the fireworks. And if you have a child or a grandchild who's been playing ________ for about six months and doesn't feel that they're really getting anywhere and they ask you if they can give up, don't let them. Make a choice for them that they will thank you for in the decades to come. Music education should be _________ for every child. And if you look at our national curriculum and many national curriculums around the world, it is a core part of it. And yet in a research a study recently, relates to here in Australia, 1.4 million ________ today do not have access to a music teacher in their ______. Music education is not for the talented.

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and in so many ways, we absolutely cannot predict the benefits. Now, music education is not the only answer, it's not the silver bullet that we've heard of earlier. There is no single answer. But I know it was the answer for me. When I was seven or eight years old, I was struggling to read. I could not untangle words and letters. And it wasn't through a lack of trying. My mother was a specialist reading teacher. And at the age of nine, someone handed me a clarinet by mistake - I was meant to get a flute. There was none left, so they said, "Here you go. Have a clarinet." And I learnt how to play, and I learnt how to read music. Within about six months, I'd untangled those words and those letters. I have no proof that those two are interconnected, but from all the research that I have read and from the works I continue to see the neuroscientists undertake, I'm sure they are connected. So now, with all of this research and all of this knowledge, what can we do? I think the first thing we can do is think differently. Music is a beautiful and wonderful art form that almost every human being on the planet enjoys in so many different ways every single day. But maybe we are missing an opportunity with music education that could change our world in ways we have no idea of. I think we could listen differently. When we hear that scratchy, out-of-tune sound of a beginner violinist, don't think about how it offends our ears. Think about the fireworks that are going off for that young child as they try so desperately to get the right note. Think of the learning that is going on for them. I think we could act differently. Instead of just going along to our child or grandchild's end-of-year concert, ask the music teacher if you can go to the rehearsal beforehand. See the learning happening. See the learning to be comfortable with discomfort going on. See the fireworks. And if you have a child or a grandchild who's been playing trombone for about six months and doesn't feel that they're really getting anywhere and they ask you if they can give up, don't let them. Make a choice for them that they will thank you for in the decades to come. Music education should be essential for every child. And if you look at our national curriculum and many national curriculums around the world, it is a core part of it. And yet in a research a study recently, relates to here in Australia, 1.4 million children today do not have access to a music teacher in their school. Music education is not for the talented.

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