July 10, 2012
Teaching an intense music week involves pacing. Build defuse time into the schedule. Have friends close by who can pick up the gauntlet if you drop it. Only momentarily of course, because you need to have the series of events nailed before you even arrive. And I’m good at this, having done it for years. But sometimes an unexpected stone drops in the cogs. Usually in fact. This week it’s a crabby student, one who would really rather be accusatorily unhappy than be taught. Ah well. I bite my tongue and soldier on. The rest, the joy, the ah-hah moments I can make happen for those students here to really figure out their next step, as always makes all my effort worthwhile.
Oh your crabby accusatory student brought back memories of my first year teaching in NE…she declared to me one day that my graduate summer course was cutting into her beach time.
slpmartin
July 22, 2012 at 9:56 pm
(: or learning something cutting into his gripe time.
mairmusic
July 23, 2012 at 11:27 pm
its good to have a productive life filled to the brim.
Sharmishtha Basu
July 24, 2012 at 11:33 am
Yes, but space is also good.
mairmusic
July 26, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Focusing on the positive. Sounds like most students are just fine. Phew!
Jamie Dedes
July 26, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Yes, a lovely group on the whole.
mairmusic
July 26, 2012 at 10:30 pm