guess i'm just gonna write on this ole blog every day this week.
it feels so good to get my feelings out, and be quiet at the same time.
yesterday was, by far, my worst day of teaching ever. i fought to keep positive with every single student. at times, i had to push back the tears, and other times, i had to stuff my balled-up fists in my pockets to keep from punching someone. or just punching myself. i'm sure i was overreacting. but excuse me ~ just exactly who do these students think they are? who do they think i am, that they can waste my time and act like fools in front of me? each one of them (with the exception of one) came in acting like they were completely uninformed as to what they should be doing in the class. a class that is literally the simplest class they will ever take in their entire lives.
let me spell it out for you in plain letters:
show up to your lesson every week, clothed. (a student came to her lesson in her pj's yesterday. with house shoes. now i went to theory in my jammies, but they were adorable flannel jammies my mother had made for me. different story. and i changed before a voice lesson.)
learn one song ~ translate and memorize it.
sing for one area voice class.
sing for the jury.
have you ever heard of a class that simple? one song. ONE SONG.
i want to quit. i do not want to teach stupid people anymore. i will GLADLY teach children and adults of all ages, if they are awake, have half a brain, and are respectful of me and my time. i don't want to hear their sob stories ANY MORE. i don't want to copy any more music, i don't want to record any more songs. if they want to sing well, they need to work for it on their own. I ALREADY DID!!!!
2 comments:
Here's a voice lesson story for you...I play for this air-head of a soprano (no offense...you know they're out there!!). First of all, I record all of her songs for her. Dumb! Second of all, she sings arias she should never sing. O mio babbino caro. That's right, can't read music, but sings Puccini. Dumb! Then, she comes to me and asks me to transcribe the music from a youtube video. (Cecilia Bartoli's 3 versions of "Mi lagnero tacendo"). Seriously, learn how to read music and stop learning by rote. Shouldn't reading music be a prerequiste for taking classes in a music school!!!
So, if you get some smart students, I would love to play for them, because I am tired of playing for dumb music students!
YES YES YESSSSS!!! I am so frustrated with this very scenario that I am changing my layout next year. All of my high school students will take hour lessons, and 15 minutes of it will be learning how to read music. NO MORE!
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