False flag!! FALSE FLAG!!!!

If only there were some universal searching tool - an engine, if you will - where we could type in your name and access your YouTube account and other social networking sites.

Your first sentence is super tautological. And childcare is more important for women to have? While that may currently be true, it shouldn't be true and won't always be true. All gyms should have childcare services.

Separate but equal is inherently unequal. There are no practical differences between prepubescent boys and prepubescent girls: we just treat them differently, to their detriment.

The whole concept of male- or female- only spaces suggests that the presence of an "outsider" removes some positive force. It casts women (or men) as outsiders. It contributes to sexist hiring decisions and sexism in the home. So, no.

How would you feel if your gym started allowing flamboyantly gay men who had no history of being romantically interested in women? It would still be a safe space, wouldn't it?

I also bristled at the word "reparations." But then I read a fabulous article making a case for them.

Have you heard of this new hypothetical movement? No? Well, just wait till I think of all the ways in which they could be evil.

Yes, I realize for many people it's a NIMBY thing. And I doubt that particular trombone kid will see this post (what are the odds??).

Oh, and "This is too loud! It sucks!" isn't criticism.

School band isn't just about making a career in music. It gives kids something to care about. It shows them that difficult hobbies can be rewarding, juts for the sake of having a hobby. I know grown adults who have no interests and hobbies besides their white collar boring paper pushing jobs and then wonder how they…

It's a good idea that you're keeping it affordable, because now you're gonna have to invite all of us.

You have many options when it comes to critiquing the creative habits of children. I could draw a flowchart, but I'm too lazy, so it'll be more like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. The CYOA assumes all practicing is done in accordance with local noise ordinance (as in, not 10 PM, and not loud enough to do any damage to…

[citation needed] for that subjective opinion of yours.

Actually, it's the career for me. And people who discourage kids from practicing only make my job harder.

Scales would be boring to listen to, but I enjoy the sound of progress, myself. Maybe it would have been better to motivate you by describing scales as the vegetables you have to eat before enjoying the dessert of practicing your concert piece.

Quality is relative. That kid sucks at trumpet compared to me, and I suck at trumpet compared to Wynton Marsalis. Practice won't make me Wynton Marsalis, because practice DOESN't make "perfect"... practice makes better. What's the point in setting some arbitrary range of "suckage" that a kid has to surpass before they…

I'm sure there are teen girl musicians who DO.

Before you add the flour, I imagine - if there's water-based liquid in the fat, it can make flour clumps that will be impervious to breaking up in the oil.

Maybe you think the kid doesn't know you're talking about how annoying his trumpet practice is, and maybe that's true. But when every time kids see or hear adults discussing their practice, in negative terms, they internalize those opinions. They find the sound of practicing annoying because they're TOLD it's…