AMEN ! That test (aural) compares to a "modern" engineer having to take the test with only a slide-rule and a pencil. Just reminding On 05/09/2012 07:01 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote: > About this I screamed 15 years ago, and still do. When I went to grad > school they said, "Your comprehensive exams will cover the Field of Music." > Terrifying! But they also said, "if you attend classes, do your work, > attend recitals, it is expected that you will pass your comps and complete > the degree." It should be expected that people who take the exam would > pass. A 50% flunk rate almost kept me from taking the darned thing. If the > Guild wants RPTS, they are going to have to make the whole testing process > less terrifying-*which I think mainly applies to the tuning test............ > Associates are going to have to be able to go into that test with some > confidence, which still is sadly lacking. I don't know that I would do it > again.* -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years
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