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Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

competing

Until recently, studying music in school was regarded as a luxury. A child's math and language skills or scientific problem solving were considered to deserve the major portion of the curriculum,
while music, art, and other related subjects received only passing attention at most. Music teachers faced competing demands from extra lessons, sports practice, and play rehearsals.

What kind of situation do you naitve speakers think such 'competing demands' might be? And what do you think might bring about such demands?
  

Top answer

Students have limited time. They can't go to all classes for all subjects. There's a compromise between how much time one can allot to music, math, sports, etc.

— Marius Hancu

  • Students have limited time.
  • They can't go to all classes for all subjects.
  • There's a compromise between how much time one can allot to music, math, sports, etc.
  • These are requirements competing with each other.
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Students have limited time.
They can't go to all classes for all subjects.
There's a compromise between how much time one can allot to music, math, sports, etc. These are requirements competing with each other.
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The paragraph tells you that the competing demands are extra lessons, sports practice, and play rehearsals. What brings about these demands is the lack of concern for music class. Since academic subjects and sports are considered more important, students are sometimes taken out of their music classes to partake in other school activities. They would not be taken out of academic classes, such as
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But it's not the students here, but the teachers that face the competing demands, right?
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TakaBut it's not the students here, but the teachers that face the competing demands, right?
Both, of course. But your text talks indeed about teachers.
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Then why is it not teachers in general, but specifically music teachers, and why do they face the demands from extra lessons, sports practice, and play rehearsals, not from math?
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TakaThen, why do you think it not teachers in general, but specifically music teachers?
You could make the argument about all teachers, but the author has chosen the music and the music teachers as a focus.
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Sorry, MH. I've edited the previous post almost entirely.

I don't really understand why music teachers face the demands from play reharsals. They are both arts, aren't they?
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Sorry, I won't continue on this one. You should read everything from the very beginning.
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OH! I cannot believe myself, to ask such a bad question. I don't know what got into me.

I understand now what the author is trying to say.

Sorry to trouble you.
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