Interestingly, here are the dates I saw this story at four different locations on the Net. Draw your own conclusions.
Date|Site/Email list|Location of actual story posted that day
5/28 Marginal Revolution (GeekPress)
6/12 TubeNet (NY Times)
6/14 GT Band Header (bbc [site posted in May])
6/21 Drudge (breitbart.com)
Cellphones and old ears
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Uncle Buck
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Old Band Directors
When I was student teaching, my supervising teacher told me a story about when he was student teaching with a band director who was very close to retirement.
That director was rehearsing the group, and yelled at the flutes to play softer. The flutes looked at him and pointed out that they had not even been playing.
After class, he admitted to his student teacher that he hadn't been able to hear the flutes, at all, for years.
That director was rehearsing the group, and yelled at the flutes to play softer. The flutes looked at him and pointed out that they had not even been playing.
After class, he admitted to his student teacher that he hadn't been able to hear the flutes, at all, for years.
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windshieldbug
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Re: Old Band Directors
Uncle Buck wrote:After class, he admitted to his student teacher that he hadn't been able to hear the flutes, at all, for years.
The lucky stiff! 
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?