Ivy educated teachers?

Nrdsb4
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:30:36 +0000

This can vary as I know established musicians who sold off lower-end guitars when they moved up, kept all the guitars they’ve owned, or who sold off higher-end guitars after finding the newer lower-mid end guitars matched/exceeded what they perceived in terms of quality/what they wanted out of their guitars.



I honestly think that if someone started a thread about being interested in becoming a circus clown, Cobrat would get on board with anecdotes about the various circus clowns he knows from HS days, past college friends, former coworkers/superiors, relatives (who of course span the globe and can be found in any country whenever the need for a generalization arises which this relative can “confirm”), etc.

As to musical instruments in this conversation about “conspicuous consumption goes,” I know nothing of guitars. However, I was originally a music major at college and I can state categorically that a cheap flute sounds incredibly inferior to an expensive flute. I know this because I was the proud owner of a cheap flute. While it was in the shop one day, my flute professor loaned me a gold flute (as in made of) which had been donated to the university. As a worshipper of James Galway “Man with the Golden Flute,” I was astounded that this instrument would be trusted to a lowly freshman. My God, I couldn’t believe how much better my tone was with this flute. The action was easier, so I could play difficult material with greater ease. I HATED to give that flute back after my recital. It had nothing to do with with the brand or cost of that instrument, but with the quality. I’m guessing that an expensive guitar is just going to sound better than a cheapy, regardless of the talent of the musician. If you are a serious musician, you are going to want the best quality instrument your money can buy, and usually, that is associated with a brand name.

As to the OP, he has been told that the Ivies might be comprised of only 35% full pay students, which makes them vastly in the minority. So it seems to me that this trouble “fitting in” for the less financially fortunate is largely a fiction.