http://www.solisstyle.com/ims/pic.php?u=3635gwXCt&i=31488
That basically sums it up eh? Sadly yes, even the CTA finally owns up to it. Thanks to Justine for providing the publication.
Poor kids… 
Is this one of those things I can blame Bush for?
And the difference is?
And so we are doomed to repeat history. Oh, the humanity…
Blaming Bush for recorders? Wow, I’ve never heard of that one… and to be fair it was no child left behind, not no recorder left behind.
Fair? No, not really, but blame Bush anyway. He would have done it if he had thought of it.
Roger
Quit trying to politicize this guys! We must think about the children! If budget cuts keep kids safe from recorders I’m all for the budget cuts.
Haha. Just noticed that. Deletion can be funny.
Remember folks…this is CALIFORNIA Educator. So, let’s place the blame squarely where it belongs. On the head of The Governator ™.
Yes it’s time to end polarity and come together to end this recorder madness festering within our public schools.
I say Chiff & Fipple should be required reading.
You are referring to the main sight, aren’t you?
Not the pipe forum…
Denny
Hmmm…as a novice at the pipes, I don’t know what to say, other than the pipes are a unique cultural artifact, and the rcrd*r is not. Both can be used to evil ends. But so can flute and whistle, for that matter. Perhaps the minimum age of fourteen should be the cuttoff point for the UP forum. One doesn’t want to start too late, as I am doing, all advice and wisdom to the contrary.
required…
I’d think that a sense of esthetics, above average intelligence and a physiological profile for the playing of the pipes.
I am against disallowing anyone the right to read most anything. The difficulty is teaching someone when to shut up and listen.
I knew I was going to get in trouble, no matter which forum I named!
Denny
Oh…heheh…I thought this was going to be a wedding announcement…
er…
Robin
A wedding announcement? Congratulations, Jack! 
Justine