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back in the dark ages, in undergrad, I wanted to get my undergrad degree, but I didn't want to waste a semester student teaching, when I knew teaching wasn't what I wanted to do. The music dept didn't have any precedent for someone in the music ed program doing a capstone paper in lieu of student teaching, but I figured since the gen ed degrees did it, they might consider it. So I submitted a proposal of sorts about how I wanted to do a project investigating the different research done on how music affects a persons ability to learn and creatively absorb other seemingly unconnected subjects. They said I couldn't do it, and I returned the favor by leaving umaine with my 3.6 gpa and no degree. Not that I needed it, but it kind of peed me off that they were so stuck in their ways as to not let students do MORE work for their degree (music teaching is probably difficult in its own ways, but not in the way I wanted to improve myself) anyways here's a website I got from Kate about an organization in the bronx which has put my ideas into practice.. http://www.dreamyard.com/dreamyard/ I'm glad someone else can see this connection, UMaine obviously didn't have a clue