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Ok, I think I'm finally calm enough to talk about the festival that happened on Saturday. My band scored a III, which is a "Good". Or for those of you who like letter grades, a C. After much personal torture I have decided that I'm ok with my band being good. In the scheme of things, we were not worse then the majority of MS bands there. Yes, there were the few over achievers that got I's and II's, but I'm content. I'm not satified; I'm content. I spent most of Sunday beating myself up over this because I feel like a terrible music teacher that doesn't know how to teach the basics like good sound and tuning. But I have come to realize that I may need to cut myself some slack. I was trained to teach HS. That's what I assumed I would teach forever because of the thought of teaching hormonal, smart ass pre teens scared the crap out of me. I guess I have some more learning to do. So, I have contacted the MS band guru at the neighboring MS and asked her if I could pick her brain. Done. I feel like I'm being pro-active.
After today's class I have realized that my students are just. . .apathetic. I had 4-6 kids who plain didn't show up on Saturday and not one of them came to me to give me a pathetic excuse. I wanted to talk about the judge sheets and listen to our performance and be constructively critical about it, but some of the kids took it as a joke. I want to listen to the tapes with them, but I feel like it would just be a waste of time. I'm afraid to have them take out their instruments because my classroom management skills have gone down the drain. On a good note, my beginning bands are starting to develop really nicely and I'm super excited about their growth.
After today's class I have realized that my students are just. . .apathetic. I had 4-6 kids who plain didn't show up on Saturday and not one of them came to me to give me a pathetic excuse. I wanted to talk about the judge sheets and listen to our performance and be constructively critical about it, but some of the kids took it as a joke. I want to listen to the tapes with them, but I feel like it would just be a waste of time. I'm afraid to have them take out their instruments because my classroom management skills have gone down the drain. On a good note, my beginning bands are starting to develop really nicely and I'm super excited about their growth.