12Use Performance to Encourage Completion

B. Morey Stockwell

DOI: 10.4324/9781003351344-12

I love music. All kinds of music. Listening to the radio, watching live concerts and even making music myself. In high school, every day before classes started, my friends and I gathered in the band room, where we chatted with each other and our fearless leader and teacher, Alyn H. Platt. I fully identified with the other band nerds.

When my kids were young, I didn’t care if they played sports or joined Scouts. I wanted them to learn to play an instrument and benefit from the familial advantages of playing in an orchestra or a band. My son took up the bassoon and my daughter sampled violin, flute, piano and later voice. My husband and I gladly paid for ...

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