Wednesday, April 11, 2007.12:51 AM
Grading at YeaST
GQ made countless mistakes like missing notes, wrong notes, not playing in tempo, not together with the piano etc. It was all over the place. A terribly disappointing performance. Instead, the panel decided to give him a high grade (A or A+). Because he's the 3rd prize winner in the Fox Bassoon Competition? Yes, he has a sweet sound. That's all I can say about his performance that day. So someone who didn't even participate in competitions and didn't take music as their major study since young doesn't deserve an A? Ceteris paribus (namely beauty of tone), I think credit should be given to someone who despite that kind of background, manages to pull off a more decent performance instead of one who's a prize winner and yet doesn't put up a performance of winning standards. He who's the prize winner should be penalised even more for those kind of mistakes. Papers aren't going to prove to people how good he is. So why the bias? To save your own faces? Is that it?
Go chew on it.
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