Re: Teaching woes


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Posted by Mary Ann on June 19, 2002 at 09:58:13:

In Reply to: Teaching woes posted by Annoyed on June 18, 2002 at 22:13:11:

I think the "love the student as much as you can" posts are the ones to listen to. If this were a tuba major in her junior year of college, yes, then I'd have a heart to heart about "is this really what you want to do, because you seem to be having trouble doing it"....but with a kid, it could be anything, from family situations like Klaus said, or too many activites, or maybe just fluctuating motivation.
In any case, young people _always_ can use someone else they can really talk to, and you could broaden your approach to try to become one of those people. Then she would remember you not just as her tuba teacher, but as one of the very few adults who truly cared about her.
MA


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