AIBU to be annoyed my DS will be getting "Beatboxing" music lessons at primary school

[OhLori]

Had a letter from son's school today. Apparently they will be getting "beatboxing" lessons from a specialist "beatboxing" teacher coming into teach his class. DS is 10.

For the uninitiated, beatboxing is that sort of spitting into cupped hands over a microphone thing, found in some rap/hip hop.

I just don't want my son to learn this rubbish at school, it does my head in when he occasionally does it in the house so the last thing I want is for it to be encouraged further by a 'professional' at school.

I am amazed that the school is financing this, but we live in a London inner city area, so I guess its seen as "cool" to waste taxpayers money on this crap.

Would I be unreasonable to have other appointments on that day e.g. doctors, or be sick? I don't think there is much point in giving my opinion to the school. They are not interested in parents' opinions.

This is a genuine AIBU post, I don't know what to do.

Sounds bloody fabulous to me. And I say that as somebody with a picture of Beethoven hung in pride of place above her piano

It would be really mean to make your DS miss out. What better way to tell your son that his taste doesn't matter

My DD is in yr1 and got a letter home about drum club, can't afford it at the moment but may do it next year - as well as proper drumming it includes beatboxing and body percussion. Looks brilliant.

Beatboxing is music. The voice is an amazing musical instrument, capable of making many sounds. Beat boxers can produce beats and harmony, and to get to this point it involves a great deal of talent, commitment, concentration.

Beatboxing is not a new rap thing. Te voice has been used for percussian for several thousands of years. Early variations have included bol,, scat, and something beul which btw originated in traditional Scottish music.

Oh and Paul McCartney that would be something, 1969.. hardly a rapper lol.

so yes vbu.

mrsjay twas said upthread a couple of posts before mine.

Just read the op again. Love the use of speech marks when describing "beatboxing"

Is it music? Yes - it is a form of music.

Therefore it has a part to play in music lessons if that is what the teachers/school have deemed appropriate for their lessons.
You may find that it fits in nicely with a topic they are covering too.

YANBU to not like the form of music.
YANBU to wish it was another form of music that you'd prefer.

However YABU to tell your son it is rubbish, a waste of time, a waste of music, etc. and YABU to consider removing your child from school because of it.

Yabu, he will love it. To say it's a waste of taxpayers money makes you sound disrespectful and a bit of an arse tbh.

How does one feel about dancing to Gangnam Style?

This is the funniest thread I've read in ages.

Maybe Op you should sell those pearls your clutching and use the proceeds to send your Ds to a niace school?

Yy to fitting with the topic.

Our school is brilliant at providing cross- curricular links. also inner city

OP before you get all uptight with the school, maybe find out whether this s the case

we studied scat

I know what you mean but still

Grr

My 9 year old bounces up and down Gangnam style at breakfast time. Very disconcerting

I'm with you cuillereasoupe - I do know what ethelb means really, but !!

Re the "beatboxing" - yeah, why not? No costly instruments hence very democratic, people can practice it at home, and it'll probably get more participation that "singing" would.

when dd was that age it was recorder or glockenspiel she chose the latter plink plink plonk (arghhh)

You clearly don't want to listen to reasoned arguments. So I won't bother making one. But YABU.

Yabu and snotty.

Oh what next?! Next thing you know he'll be cotchin' wid his homiez and flinging crack... Stand your ground OP, stand your ground.

To be fair to the OP it depends how many sessions it is. I'd probably be cheesed off if it were for an entire year, as I'd rather the school exposed my child to a wide range of styles and instruments if they had the money

OP, you have had loads of non-insulting, interesting responses on here. Unless you posted just to expect everyone to agree with you, then surely they have been an eye opener for you and helped you see things from a different angle?

DS1 did beatboxing as part of his music lessons last year when he was yr7 so first year of secondary school. He is very shy but I think he actually enjoyed it.

My 6 year old DS won the Gangnam Style dance competition in his last PE lesson before Christmas.

Should I report the school to OfSTED?

"It's up there with 'I don't want my kids learning sex education in case they start having sex at lunch time'"

Personally I think it's even worse than that - it's more like
'I am going to deprive my child of a whole day's schooling because I don't like one small aspect of what he might learn, even though that may inspire him to appreciate a range of other aspects of that subject, make him feel as though school is relevant to him and pick up a skill that will at worst annoy me slightly when he does it at home.' Or like stopping your child from studying English because you don't like the reading book they've been given.

This idiotic nonsense is NOT MUSIC. End of the story.
It's utter horrid rubbish used by vile ghetto gangsta types. Understood?
Complaint to head teacher and threaten to file official complaint with Ofsted etc.
Children can't read nor write, yet school wastes money on paying for garbage.
Off with their heads.

I stopped reading because I started on the youtube videos. I think it's amazing, incredible that the human voice can do that. I'd love dd to get a chance to do it.

Rollmopses

(I have no idea if you intended to be funny, but I prefer to assume that is the case.)

Well hoity toity! YABU OP. It is indeed music, your DS will enjoy it and he?ll learn from it. Beatboxing may get on your nerves but it could be worse ? the sound of beginners playing bowed string instruments makes the hair on my arms stand on end, and when my brother learnt the oboe his reed practice could be heard through the house and we called it ?killing the cow?.