(That’s not to say there aren’t issues with how music education is implemented in schools. Serious issues. But… that’s a much bigger cake that won’t fit on this particular plate I have handy today.) Finally: as a writer/language teacher, I often use all kinds of things I picked up learning music. Structure & structural analysis. Theme/variation invention. Patient revision resembles focused practicing. Improvisation. In collaborative writing, “blending voices” & polyphony.