Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

"Van Dyke Cat" <vdc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> BlackMonk wrote:
>
>>> I know that.  Oftentimes, formal education can be a hindrance.  Hems
>>> your imagination in.
>>
>> I think that's a myth. If you have an imagination, formal education
isn't
>> going to take it away. If you don't have imagination, ignornance isn't 
>> going
>> to give you one. Look at John Cale, would you say formal education
hemmed
>> his imagination in?
>>
>> More generally, would you ever say that it's a good thing for a writer
to 
>> be
>> illiterate?
>
> There is a great gulf between being schooled *at all* and being
/formally/ 
> schooled, so saying that someone is 'illiterate' is quitye different to 
> suggesting that they have not been anywhere near (say) a creative
writing 
> class.
>

True, but in these threads, being formally schooled in music is often 
equated with being able to read and write music.