tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398718098613187472.post4518434118972657272..comments2023-03-25T06:55:55.585-04:00Comments on Crazy Lady Say What???: Piano ProblemsCandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220928574600321626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398718098613187472.post-29085931049655530432009-01-21T11:11:00.000-05:002009-01-21T11:11:00.000-05:00Candi, you had the wrong teacher and you did the r...Candi, you had the wrong teacher and you did the right thing. I've seen this time and time again --where teachers forget that their number one priority is to keep the love the learning alive --given that the odds of them having a student who is the next Van Cliburn are pretty slim. <BR/><BR/>We actually ended up with a better piano teacher than we had in Texas but it took a while. Check out the music teachers at the schools --they have experience motivating kids and keeping it fun.<BR/><BR/>ARGHH. I hate stories like this. Your poor boy.Barb Matijevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16469997012394334517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398718098613187472.post-42133469961648800452009-01-15T22:42:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:42:00.000-05:00Another pat on the back. If he stays with this te...Another pat on the back. If he stays with this teacher, he's going to learn to HATE it. There's still time to save his love of music by finding a teacher that will teach him the way he needs to be taaught.just my .02Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04665780703000352776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398718098613187472.post-12764203971999755702009-01-15T22:35:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:35:00.000-05:00You did the right thing. If he's not enjoying it,...You did the right thing. If he's not enjoying it, his learning process is impaired. I believe that you can learn and have fun in the way that he did once before. Sometimes, it's sequential and not the order that is recommended - fun before fundamentals, but if it has to be sequential perhaps that should be the order.<BR/><BR/>When I was in junior high, I played the drums. It was a ton of fun until I took lessons. Then, I hated it. I quit the lessons, but there wasn't anyone there to encourage me to keep playing. I wish there was. You are doing the right thing by following up with lessons at home or the promise of a better teacher. I wish I had that kind of support.<BR/><BR/>I sold my drums to the kid across the street, who played them every day for years and without lessons. Yet, he started his music career right then. He had so much fun and got better that he played for several years on his own and then went to Berklee College of Music in Boston and is now a successful jazz musician with 3 CDs. Fundamentals came during the fun, but more so later in life when he truly wanted to get better at the fun part.Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107820054624205076noreply@blogger.com