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Laws Of Life 3

The Statement, We learn things because we have the ability to, came from my seventh grade band teacher, Mr. Redd. We weren’t really focusing that day and he was getting a little frustrated. Then he stopped rehearsal and asked us why we learned, nobody answered. So then he told us, “I could just tell you what the rhythm is and just have you memorize it, but then we wouldn’t learn.â€? Then he got into one of those big lectures again, but this time, I actually listened, and I noticed everyone else was doing the same. Then he said, “Do you see chimps learning how to play the trumpet?â€? He said as he motioned toward me and the other two trumpets. Everybody laughed.

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