Just in case you need a self esteem boost:

Bryan Daste · Post by **Bryan Daste** » 20 Jul 2011 1:59 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/2 ... b=facebook

Dave Harmonson · Post by **Dave Harmonson** » 20 Jul 2011 7:38 pm

Shucks, I already knowed we wuz smarter dan dem udder folks.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 21 Jul 2011 7:08 am

Guess I'd better start practicing again …..

Paul Martin · Post by **Paul Martin** » 25 Jul 2011 12:44 pm

I wonder if the research was done by musicians?

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 25 Jul 2011 7:06 pm

Also, get those kids started as early as possible! Music involves ratios, fractions, proportions, and thinking in time and space. Study after study indicate that children who learn music do better all around in academic testing.

Clete

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 26 Jul 2011 8:53 am

I'm always wondering where those studies hide when they vote to cut funding for arts and music in schools.