Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3048 Marjory McGhie 2018-06-01T10:07:21.473 With the current mental health issues in young people it is essential to increase the opportunities for learning how ...
3048 Sharon Ollis 2018-06-01T10:11:37.07 Music tuition enables children to access something they may never have been able to outwith school.It gives them many...
3048 Annette Johnstone 2018-06-01T10:13:27.617 Benefits children in so many ways, building confidence, opportunities to travel and meet people. Both of my daughter...
3048 Maura Lee 2018-06-01T10:25:41.213 Music tuition was provided to me as a child and I am glad it was possible. I believe music can only enhance and impro...
3048 Michelle Macpherson 2018-06-01T11:13:42.03 As a child who benefited from musical tuition in school i would love it still to be available for my children! \r\n\...
3003 Marti Morrison 2018-06-01T11:35:32.443 Only in Scotland would such audacious plans see the light of day. For way to long now, those who seek gold has dictat...
3048 Fiona Campbell 2018-06-01T12:06:20.95 Would also like to see that the instrumental services offer a full range of musical styles - folk, jazz, classical, r...
3003 Anita Napier 2018-06-01T13:22:14.547 On this land, and it's surroundings, lie the final resting place of the fallen after the battle of Culloden. Under no...
3048 James McKenna 2018-06-01T13:51:25.4 A total of £90.2m is being invested into Stirling and Clackmannanshire by the Scottish and UK governments.\r\n\r\nThe...
3048 Kerrie Keen 2018-06-01T13:57:18.637 All children deserve the chance to receive musical instrument lessons free of charge. To exclude children from poorer...
3048 Darren Young 2018-06-01T15:17:14.177 How can we GIRFEC by putting up barriers to education? How can we ensure equity for ALL young people, regardless of t...
3048 Ewing Lauder 2018-06-01T15:33:58.597 As a violin I now despair at the cultural wasteland that the UK has become. In my experience, classroom music has bec...
3048 Maggie aitken 2018-06-01T16:11:44.357 A confident and successful culture is one that recognises the benefits of music and arts generlly in economic social ...
3048 Betsy Barker 2018-06-01T16:19:12.857 I was a music specialist...all music should return to all Scottish schools
3048 Betsy Barker 2018-06-01T16:20:17.17 Nothing more important than music in the world...every child deserves the chance to sing and play.
3048 Anne Cochrane 2018-06-01T16:21:36 Music is a wonderful gift to offer a child and helps with so many other subjects.
3048 Leigh Wood 2018-06-01T16:32:23.747 I believe in getting it right for every child and closing the attainment gap, I feel this does neither of these thing...
3048 Stephanie Gaffney 2018-06-01T16:42:11.237 Pupils need positive ways to explore their creativity. Learning an instrument can provide focus, drive, develops disc...
3048 Ian Garioch 2018-06-01T16:49:33.66 I learned to play piano (badly) when I was 45 years old - much too late. It has given me endless hours of joy. Chil...
3048 Frances Campbell 2018-06-01T17:22:52.583 This would be fab. I would also call for the EIS to ban Scottish schools to take in private music instructors, especi...
3003 Deb Murphy 2018-06-01T17:33:12.01 The men that lie beneath the ground of any battlefield have given the ultimate sacrifice to their country. It should ...
3048 Alissa Syme 2018-06-01T18:22:36.06 I am saddened that we have to fight for something that all children should have access to. The benefits are immeasur...
3048 Senga Dunn 2018-06-01T19:13:25.817 This is a valuable service and must be kept.
3048 Denise Young 2018-06-01T19:25:49.807 Deserves support
3048 Mrs. Elspeth McDonald 2018-06-01T20:33:48.25 Only wealthy families will be able to afford tuition. Children in Scotland being deprived again.
3048 Kerry McKinlay 2018-06-01T20:41:50.003 I would not have the current life that I value more than anything were it not for children having the right to free i...
3048 Palma Allan 2018-06-01T20:44:24.927 Article 12 UNCRC Education. Children's participation takes on a special dimension in the area of education. \r\nEduca...
3048 Mrs. Elspeth McDonald 2018-06-01T20:56:29.377 Children from poorer families are once again being deprived of an essential part of their education. It will take us ...
3048 Mr vincent mcdonald 2018-06-01T21:00:35.643 Musical education, musical instruments and tuition should not only available to better off families. Scottish childre...
3048 Dale Finlayson 2018-06-01T21:22:12.57 Access to music tuition should not depend upon ability to pay for it. Nor should it be an "extra" or alternative to t...
3048 Sandy McIntosh 2018-06-01T21:36:14.26 Music must continue to be in the curriculum for excellence
3048 Iben McMillan 2018-06-01T22:35:29.19 I feel music is a very important part of everyones life whether they can read music or just listen to it. I feel tha...
3048 Lorna McGhee 2018-06-01T22:52:55.82 Scotland should be proud of providing free music education and instrumental lessons. We cannot allow it to be turned ...
3048 Laura Condie 2018-06-01T23:08:57.523 I was lucky enough to receive musical tuition throughout primary and secondary school. This was not only about learn...
3048 Nigel Munisamy 2018-06-01T23:24:57.993 I benefitted from this and had a complete career as a tax paying musician
3048 Mark Nolan 2018-06-01T23:28:29.183 This is absolutely essential to preserve Scotlands Musical heritage and its world leading reputation Thank you
3048 Avril Evans 2018-06-02T09:00:30.303 Keep music lessons free the benefits for everyone are real and important. Life is so stressful for so\r\nMany nowaday...
3048 Francis Cummings 2018-06-02T09:14:10.273 Giving children access to good quality music education and the experiences that inevitably follow is one of the most ...
3048 Ciara Brady 2018-06-02T09:23:33.273 My local area has charged for lessons for several years, however I am originally from South Ayrshire, and have signed...
3048 Lesley Nicoll 2018-06-02T09:25:31.18 Tuition should definitely be free to schoolchildren
3048 Alison Kemi 2018-06-02T09:25:44.373 It should be available to all children regardless of their background.
3048 Annette Johnstone 2018-06-02T09:34:18.25 Children from all back grounds should have access to free musical instruments, not just the privileged few.
3048 Lynn Meldrum 2018-06-02T09:45:20.607 Music changes lives. Gimlet children keep changing their lives for the better
3048 Stuart McKinnell 2018-06-02T10:06:52.647 Music tuition should be maintained as part of school tuition
3048 Leslie Katharine Thomson 2018-06-02T10:08:15.297 All children, regardless of their parents' ability to pay, deserve the oportunity to learn a musical instrument. I wa...
3048 Katharine Thomson 2018-06-02T10:14:02.267 All children regardless of their parents ability to pay should have the oportunity to learn a musical instrument. I w...
3048 Sophie Mcewan 2018-06-02T11:20:39.767 Without free instrument tuition I wouldn't have done so well in my music exams or have been as prepared as I was with...
3048 June hawthorne 2018-06-02T12:07:48.193 Everything I know about music came from my primary school music teacher... and I know a lot! I think all kids benefit...
3048 Colin Wright 2018-06-02T14:10:06.867 For many kids music is as important, if not more so, than history or PE.
3048 Elizabeth Muir 2018-06-02T15:31:04.97 free education my foot. what about the young talented musical children .a disgusted tax payer