[CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

[David Love]

David Love
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I don't know if Salieri would agree with you.

David Love


Hi Jim,

Fair enough as far as it goes. But, in fact, Mozart was 
not born knowing how to play the Klavier, nor how to 
compose. His father taught him. (Yes, he learned very 
young, and very rapidly, but HE LEARNED. It wasn't there 
at birth, and had he not been exposed to music, I think it 
is safe to say he would not have gone in that direction). 
Michelangelo was not born knowing how to use a hammer and 
chisel to sculpt, nor how to paint. He apprenticed for 
years. Regardless of innate talent, skill, "genius," or 
whatever you want to call it, a process of learning has to 
take place. I would say that those levels 1 to 5 are 
simply variations in capacity and "speed." It may take a 5 
less time to get there, but less time is never no time at 
all. Same for effort required. More or less effort, but 
definitely some effort.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico