Sooo....Summer Music Camp experience
Summer music camps was this week, and wow was it difficult. I was in charge of 20 high school girls (Sopranos) and was responsible for teaching them music, that they didn't care for too much, for an hour a day. It was really hard. If you think teaching is easy, you are a freaking fool. Even if you think teaching is moderately hard...you are soooo wrong!! Teaching high school kids is the hardest thing I have attempted in my life. Not AP Calculus, not being in a long distance relationship, not even living back at home after being in college. No, none of these compare. You have to be a crazy person to take on this job (which I guess is why I fit the bill?). On top of the fact that these kids have the attention span of a monkey on crack, I had to teach them classical pieces: Handel and Pergolesi....not good!
I'm not saying that I don't want to teach just because of this week, because it's what I want to do more than anything, I love a good challenge, I think it'll keep me on my toes. I am just saying that it is going to be the hardest thing I have ever attempted. I'm preparing for not being the greatest teacher my first year..they say that that's the year of surviving. We're put into the front lines, and expected to take charge of our armies when we haven't even gone through boot camp.
Anyways, just wanted to share with you what's going on with my life at present..and freak you all out because I haven't written in this thing in like, a year.
I love you all and I hope that you're doing well.
<3,
Alex
I'm not saying that I don't want to teach just because of this week, because it's what I want to do more than anything, I love a good challenge, I think it'll keep me on my toes. I am just saying that it is going to be the hardest thing I have ever attempted. I'm preparing for not being the greatest teacher my first year..they say that that's the year of surviving. We're put into the front lines, and expected to take charge of our armies when we haven't even gone through boot camp.
Anyways, just wanted to share with you what's going on with my life at present..and freak you all out because I haven't written in this thing in like, a year.
I love you all and I hope that you're doing well.
<3,
Alex