Expectations

Nearly everyday, I will hear a choir director claim we need to focus, connect, and listen. The shift to attentiveness does not happen all the time, and it certainly does not happen all at once. Yet if such a feeling of connection does not happen at a high-gear music school, how much less frequent will it be in a public school setting?
And while my teachers do give their all, I feel as though becoming disengaged is not a one-way activity at the grade-school level. Both the teacher and the student become apathetic, remaining in their separate bubbles throughout the entire class period, and never sharing a moment of connection or deep personal understanding.
Teaching and learning music is already difficult as it is. We already live in an impersonal world as it is. We must connect with the children we teach;if not us, who? It is our job.

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