Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3048 Michael J LIND 2018-06-13T10:26:12.197 A great shame the Government are even thinking about this. Not every child is musical, but every musical child deserv...
3048 Eilidh Cameron 2018-06-13T10:31:52.257 Music tuition should be free for all pupils. Charging pupils for school music tuition limits participation and denies...
3014 Andrew Peacock 2018-06-13T10:35:18.32 Sharing private data should not be allowed without approval. It goes against every principle of data protection.
3048 Pat Field 2018-06-13T11:21:15.86 The person educated only to be a functional robot in the workplace is forever alienated from what it is to be fully h...
3048 Tom Stringfellow 2018-06-13T11:44:15.27 Extremely short sighted thinking.
3072 Helen Laws 2018-06-13T12:44:05.543 We need our practice. Rural GP's are a necessity.
3014 Hugh Munday 2018-06-13T12:54:40.263 Absolutely no to sharing of data. What a prospect totalitarian state. No thanks.
3048 Aileen Gemmell 2018-06-13T13:10:26.28 Music can inspire, encourage, comfort, and raise or quieten spirits ...learning to play an instrument can allow self ...
3048 Steven Barr 2018-06-13T13:17:39.733 Scottish Government are a joke with some of the recent changes they are making!!!!
3048 STEVEN MCDONALD 2018-06-13T13:47:25.037 Learning music is as important as learning a language such as French or Spanish. It is a language in its own right. ...
3014 Anne Maria Rennie 2018-06-13T14:07:02.82 This legislation will be abused and are opening children to predators.
3048 Julie Yorkston 2018-06-13T14:37:33.683 Music is a very important part of education and families should not be charged for it.
3048 anne bell 2018-06-13T14:45:32.153 Music is very important to the soul do not take children's opportunity away from them to learn the love of music \r\n...
3048 Jodi Macdonald 2018-06-13T14:52:15.607 Music is great for all aspects of development and can provide so many opportunities
3048 Julian Augley 2018-06-13T15:05:40 This is not a hobby, musical education complements other educational activities, including maths, and also can provid...
3048 Dave Donnelly 2018-06-13T15:08:56.297 In a time when people are communicating more through social media, playing music can give children, who have grown up...
3048 Holly Scrimgeour 2018-06-13T15:26:15.16 Without free and accessible music education, I would not have been able to achieve all that I have benefited from wit...
3048 Jai Ritchie 2018-06-13T16:28:05.573 I find it disgraceful that government are tryin to take music tuition away from young people as it gives many people ...
3048 Aileen Marshall 2018-06-13T16:39:46.117 As a music educator, I have experienced at first hand the very positive benefits of music tuition in schools for chil...
3048 Norma Tasker 2018-06-13T16:42:05.527 Our family have all been fortunate in being involved with being in school orchestras, choirs etc .they have gained im...
3072 Mary Clark 2018-06-13T17:17:37.983 Done
3048 Priya Macdonald 2018-06-13T17:21:41.063 I receive instrumental instruction in school, and have done for seven years, and think that it is a fantastic service...
3048 Tracy Ibbotson 2018-06-13T18:27:19.46 So important to teach all kids music. Plato was right !
3048 Audrey McAllister 2018-06-13T18:28:59.383 I was fortunate to be educated in Scotland. This included free instrumental lessons which led to a career as a profes...
3048 Laura Conneely 2018-06-13T19:26:32.393 Music education is such a fantastic thing to have and these cuts are gonna price out a lot of people that could reall...
3048 James Brown 2018-06-13T19:38:40.957 Music lesson should be free it's good for children and it is a good way to use money
3048 Gesina Meyer 2018-06-13T20:05:04.443 Music tuition shouldn't only be for those who can afford it.
3048 Kay Sharp 2018-06-13T20:53:43.637 I was given free bassoon lessons when I was 11 - 18years old. I also was offered a scholarship to lease -buy my ow...
3048 Vicki Vivian-Cooper 2018-06-13T21:32:44.91 I was lucky enough to enjoy free musical tuition while I was at school. It opened doors to new friends, lots of fun &...
3048 Jennifer Dunn 2018-06-13T21:52:41.567 I am in support of this petition
3048 Rosie mackay 2018-06-13T22:25:21.413 The arts is just as important as science.
3048 Cluny Strachan 2018-06-13T22:34:12.79 Don't cut the money change the way we teach connect, reach community and develop new ideas and hope.
3048 Rebecca Duncan -Skelton 2018-06-13T23:16:29.237 Music makes confident citizens. It has to remain free so children can express themsevles.
3002 Bill Jarvie 2018-06-13T23:18:05.08 As one who was instrumental in the re-opening of the Forth & Clyde Canal, 17 years later I find having a boat on same...
3048 Dawn Nelson 2018-06-13T23:24:39.44 It is a sin that children have to pay fees for music lessons. Why are they not deemed as important as the academic su...
3002 John Mackay 2018-06-14T00:22:49.26 Having been involved off and on in trying to ensure the canals were reopened to navigation and more made of what is p...
3048 Audrey Farley 2018-06-14T04:44:36.563 I find it utterly unbelievable that when we are challenged by the government to reduce the poverty attainment gap and...
3002 David Edes 2018-06-14T06:10:14.123 The Caledonian canal seem to operate a if your face fits system .certain people seem to get anything they want st the...
3048 Fiona McKinnon 2018-06-14T06:43:44.17 Not only instrumental tuition. Music education. Vocal and choral training are important too. Singing together has so ...
3048 Debbie Meehan 2018-06-14T06:52:07.623 Music improves learning across all subjects and is of educational and cultural value. Charging for lessons disadvanta...
3048 Michael Barron 2018-06-14T07:13:09.99 Without tuition in schools, we will lose generations of musicians.
3048 Dr Paul Max Edlin 2018-06-14T07:17:39.597 The transferable skills that musical learning affords are clear and research demonstrates that music education is a h...
3078 Margaret Trainer 2018-06-14T07:49:49.523 Maybe 2 completely independent Post Mortems for murder victims will help resolve this.
3048 Isabel Taylor 2018-06-14T09:59:31.797 My daughter had free tuition at school and went on to have a successful musical career, and has been able to pass her...
3048 Sarah Houston 2018-06-14T10:21:54.59 As a teacher and a parent, I see the myriad of benefits that instrumental tuition brings to our children's lives. Sch...
3078 Jenna Bell 2018-06-14T11:35:31.31 This needs to change!
3002 Jim Sharp 2018-06-14T13:07:05.38 Stop the Quango !!!!!!!
3048 Caroline Finn 2018-06-14T13:38:43.057 Why not charge for maths instead? Music tuition has fantastic benefits for brain development. In a state school we sh...
3048 Willie Duffy 2018-06-14T13:56:33.053 Free access to music and other arts are essential for the personal development of all our young people. Restricting t...
3048 Rob Smith 2018-06-14T15:12:57.717 Music tuition essential for all children. Should be free in all schools.