From the Desk of a Future Musician....
Jul. 5th, 2015 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsakura_rain....and music teacher, but who wants to read the ramblings of an old woman? Not this kid. Which is why I put it as my topic sentence. See what I did there? ;)
I am back from a doctor's visit once again, and several things are heavy on my heart. Why can't I teach now? When will I ever be able to teach? Why does every decision one out of a million educator or admin make seem final in my head? So I did a thing. Please read:
--An artist's view on WHY WE NEED MUSICKA IN SCHOOLS--
1. Kids speak their own language. They almost always refuse to learn "adult" behavior as their default setting, unless they've been horribly mistreated in their recent memory. This is why teenagers and little kiddos alike can either be sweet-hearted or effing terrifying. Music paves the way to prime a new language with and for kids. As a result....
2. Kids overdrammatize. Especially my generation. "Bullying" has become such a buzzword in our schools that I recognize it as mostly fluff, and I've only subbed one year so far. That's how quickly our kids turn-around-play folks. They are fine at that tit-for-tat-game. They need no assistance there, but we as adults need to listen. Speaking of....
3. It allows an or Several Adults to listen, with open hearts, to a child's open heart....And such communication moves mountains but really....
4. Hiring a music teacher is much like hiring an administrator: and most admins are well aware of that. Most admins I've interviewed with were very cordial and open-minded toward me, a tiny little girl with the facial features of a two year old. Oy vey! As a direct result, most doubt me. Y'all know better, don't you?
Of course you do. You're obviously reading this ;)
I am back from a doctor's visit once again, and several things are heavy on my heart. Why can't I teach now? When will I ever be able to teach? Why does every decision one out of a million educator or admin make seem final in my head? So I did a thing. Please read:
--An artist's view on WHY WE NEED MUSICKA IN SCHOOLS--
1. Kids speak their own language. They almost always refuse to learn "adult" behavior as their default setting, unless they've been horribly mistreated in their recent memory. This is why teenagers and little kiddos alike can either be sweet-hearted or effing terrifying. Music paves the way to prime a new language with and for kids. As a result....
2. Kids overdrammatize. Especially my generation. "Bullying" has become such a buzzword in our schools that I recognize it as mostly fluff, and I've only subbed one year so far. That's how quickly our kids turn-around-play folks. They are fine at that tit-for-tat-game. They need no assistance there, but we as adults need to listen. Speaking of....
3. It allows an or Several Adults to listen, with open hearts, to a child's open heart....And such communication moves mountains but really....
4. Hiring a music teacher is much like hiring an administrator: and most admins are well aware of that. Most admins I've interviewed with were very cordial and open-minded toward me, a tiny little girl with the facial features of a two year old. Oy vey! As a direct result, most doubt me. Y'all know better, don't you?
Of course you do. You're obviously reading this ;)
