Older pupils were always more likely to ask this question. I got used to the idea that I would never win my argument, but I always challenged them to choose a song and then let me show them why a piece of classical music was more interesting. The challenge was never accepted, and I would have been flogging a dead horse anyway. There was, however, one occasion, when a class came, quite independently, to their own conclusion that a pop song they loved was boring. I used to have
